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Erojeot, 188541)	Reduced. fi‘öin_~~word.s		~‚ ~
Prepared. by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by		 i:
Place, Marlou, 8.0.	__________________		  ‚
Date ‚ ~ 2 ‘F ‚ 1 93 7	Page 1.	~i 8
	MOM LOUISA COLLIER	~	..
	Bx.s8iave, 78 years.	~9OO95


	“I born en raise up d.ere In Colonel Durant yard. en I In my 78th year now. Dat seem ]‚ak I oie, don1 it? Co~ee Colonel Darant hab plenty ud~der oolored. peoples ‘sides us ‚ but d.e y ne‘ e r 1 lb de re in de ya rd. ].ak we • De y 1 lb up In cia quartera on de plantation. My pa~py name Ben Thompeon en he hadder stay dere close to d.e big houa e cause he wu~ de Colonel driver. De Colonel ha~ uh big oie carriage wha‘ to ride In den. It hab uh little seat in de front fa my pappy to set In en den it hab two seat ‘hind de d~rlver whey de Colonel en he family is ride. I kin see dat carriage jes uz good. right now dat my white folks hab to carry em whey dey Is warina go.“

	“Den my mammy come from de udder side uv Pee Dee en ehe name, Lidla Ba~ss. She waz de servant around de yard dere en dat o ount fa we to ne ‚ er s tay in d.e qua rte re wid de uth~ er colored peoples tfore fre edom d.eolare • I ne ‘er hadder do no work long uz I lib dere in d.e yard cause I am‘ been bwt five year oie when freedom declare. My grandmamrny lib right dere close us en Colonel Thxrant hab ehe jee to look a‘ter aw d.e plantation chillun when dey parents wiiz workin‘. Aw uv d.e plantation peoples~‘ud take dey ohillun dere fa my grandinamzny to im•‘ee.“