![]() Old Mistress died when I was a baby, so I don't remember anything about They had a lot of company justīefore the War, and they had whole bunch of house negroes around all To be a young woman-fifteen or sixteen years old-and that was oldĮnough to get married off in them days. Sack and his daughter, so they kept me at the mansion, and I Sack's because she wasn't very strong,Īnd when I was four or five years old she died. Master Sack sent her back over to my pappy. I come along pretty soon, and my mammy never was very well afterwards. I think she was going to have me when he got her anyways I never was no good at picking, but I was a terror That part, and when chopping and picking times come he would get negroes from His cotton fields was the biggest anywheres in There was all kinds of land on it, and he raised cane and oats and wheatĪnd lots of corn and cotton. He would leave in a buggy andīe gone all day and still not get all over it. Master Sack had a big plantation ten miles north of Arcadia, Louisiana,Īnd his land run ten miles along both sides. Anyway his pappy was from England, and I think he went back He was a kind of youngish man, and was mighty rich. The War, and I believe I was about ten years old. Years before, because I can remember everything so well about the start of I was born in Louisiana, way before the War. SLAVE NARRATIVES A Folk History of Slavery in the United States Of Distributed Proofreaders having posted over 10,000 Produced by Diane Monico and The Project Gutenberg Onlineįile was produced from images generously made availableīy the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.) Thisįile is gratefully uploaded to the PG collection in honor *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SLAVE NARRATIVES, OKLAHOMA *** With this eBook or online at Title: Slave Narratives, OklahomaĪ Folk History of Slavery in the United States From ![]() ![]() Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Slave Narratives, Oklahoma, by Various The Project Gutenberg eBook of Slave Narratives, Oklahoma (A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves), by Work Projects Administration.
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