"'Dark wus de night an' col' de groun'
On which my Saviour lay,
An' sweat lak drops of blood run down
While ter de God he pray.'
"Dar wus a few mo' but I done fergit.
"Does you know dat I can't 'member much 'bout de slave days? I doan recoleck when de Yankees comed, mebbe dey ain't come ter our part o' de country. I 'members when Marse Joseph comed out ter de slave cabins an' tells us dat we can leave case we am free. I think dat dat wus de las' of August, case de fodder wus in.
"I still knows a lady an' gentleman do'. A lady or gentleman speaks nice ter you, case dey wus borned wid a silver spoon in dey mouth, but de other kin' what talks biggety shows plain dat de spoons which dey am borned wid am brass."
EH
| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 1,474 |
| Subject: | A SLAVE STORY |
| Reference: | Patsy Mitchner |
| Editor: | George L. Andrews |
[TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937]