Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
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Pittman, Sarah
Poe, Mary Pollacks, W.L. Pope, John (Doc) Porter, William Potter, Bob Prayer, Louise Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Charlie McClendon 708 E. Fourth Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 77 "I don't know exactly how old I am. I was six or seven when the war ended. I member dis--my mother said I was born on Christmas day. Old master was goin' to war and he told her to take good care of that boy--he was goin' to make a fine little man. "Did I live up to it? I reckon I was bout as smart a man as you could jump up. The work didn't get too hard for _me_. I farmed and I sawmilled a lot. Most of my time was farmin'. "I been in Jefferson County all my life. I went to school three or four sessions. "About the war, I member dis--I member they carried us to Camden and I |
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