"Dr Young looked after us when we wus sick.
"Dere wus one thing dey wouldn't allow, dat wus books an' papers. I can't read an' write. I heard talk of Abraham Lincoln comin' through when talk of de war come 'bout. Dey met, him an' Jeff Davis, in South Carolina. Lincoln said, 'Jeff Davis, let dem niggers go free.' Jeff Davis tole him you can't make us give up our property.' Den de war started.
"A lot of de niggers in slavery time wurked so hard dey said dey hated to see de sun rise in de mornin'. Slavery wus a bad thing, 'cause some white folks didn't treat dere niggers right."
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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary Hicks |
| No. Words: | 320 |
| Subject: | A SLAVERY STORY |
| Story Teller: | CHANEY SPELL |
| Editor: | George L. Andrews |