| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 631 |
| Subject: | JANE ANNE PRIVETTE UPPERMAN |
| Person Interviewed: | Jane Anne Privette Upperman |
| Editor: | G.L. Andrews |
[TR: Date stamp: AUG 4 1937]
JANE ANN PRIVETTE UPPERMAN
74 years old, of 330 West South Street.
"I wusn't livin in Raleigh when my mother wus freed from slavery. We wus livin' in Nash County right near the border of Wake County. We belonged to Shirley Brantly. Our missus wus named Penina.
"I wus born a slave, but I wus only 'bout two years old at de time of de surrender. I am 74 now. I wus born in April. I had my age in a Bible, but de book got tore to pieces an' my age got lost.
"We lived on Marster Brantly's plantation an' de slave quarters wus near de great house. Mother said she wurked in de fiel's from sun to sun. Dey did not eat breakfast in de mornin' fore dey went to wurk. It wus cooked an' put on a shelf an' dey had breakfas' at about eleven o'clock in de day. Mother said sometimes de flies got to de meat an' blowed it fore dey could come in to eat it. Mother said de food wus bad an' not fixed right.
"Dere wus a lot of de slaves divided among marsters chillun. I can't remember how many.