| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 797 |
| Subject: | THE BOUND GIRL |
| Person Interviewed: | Laura Sorrell |
| Editor: | G.L. Andrews |
[TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937]
THE BOUND GIRL
An interview with Laura Sorrell, 72 years old, of 207 Battle Street, Raleigh. The story is her mother's.
"My mammy, Virginia Burns, wus borned in Fayetteville, Cumberland County. She never knowed her parents an' frum de fust she can 'member she is a bound girl.
"Frum de fust she could 'member she wus bound out ter a Mis' Frizelle what beat her, give her scraps lak a dog, an' make her wuck lak a man. Dey eben makes her git on de well sweep an' go down in de well an' clean hit out. She said dat she wus skeerd nigh ter death.