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West Memphis, Arkansas. Age 50
"I was born in Mississippi. Mama was born in Alabama and sold to Holcomb, Mississippi. Her owner was Master
Beard. She was a field woman. They took her in a stagecoach. Their owner wanted to keep it a secret about
freedom. But he had a brother that fussed with him all the time and he told the slaves they was all free. Mama said
they was pretty good always to her for it to be slavery, but pepa said his owners wasn't so good to him. He was sold
in Richmond, Virginia to Master Thomas at Grenada, Mississippi. He was a plain farming man."
Interviewer Bemice Bowden"
