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No. Words 382 Editor Daisy Bailey Waitt
An interview with Jennylin Dunn 87, of 315 Bledsoe Avenue, Raleigh, N. C."I was borned hyar in Wake County eighty-seben years ago. Me an' my folks an' bout six others belonged ter Mis'
Betsy Lassiter who was right good ter us, do' she sho' did know dat chilluns needs a little brushin' now an' den.
"My papa was named Isaac, my mammy was named Liza, an' my sisters was named Lucy, Candice an' Harriet. Darwas one boy what died 'fore I can 'member an' I doan know his name."We ain't played no games ner sung no songs, but we had fruit ter eat an' a heap of watermillions ter eat in de
season.
"I seed seberal slabe sales on de block, front of de Raleigh Cou't house, an' yo' can't think how dese things stuck inmy mind. A whole heap o' times I seed mammies sold from dere little babies, an' dar was no 'min' den, as yo' knows."De patterollers was sumpin dat I was skeerd of. I know jist two o' 'em, Mr. Billy Allen Dunn an' Mr. Jim Ray, an'
I'se hyard of some scandelous things dat dey done. Dey do say dat dey whupped some of de niggers scandelous.
"When dey hyard dat de Yankees was on dere way ter hyar dey says ter us dat d em Yankees eats little niggeryoungins, an' we shore stays hid."I jist seed squeamishin' parties lookin' fer sumpin' ter eat, an' I'se hyard dat dey tuck ever'thing dey comes 'crost. A
whole heap of it dey flunged away, an' atterwards dey got hongry too.
"One of 'em tried ter tell us dat our while folks stold us from our country an' brung us hyar, but since den I foun' outdat de Yankees stole us dereselves, an' den dey sold us ter our white folkses."Atter de war my pappy an' mammy brung us ter Raleigh whar I'se been libin' since dat time. We got along putty
good, an' de Yankees sont us some teachers, but most o' us was so busy scramblin' roun' makin' a livin' dat we ain'tgot no time fer no schools."I reckon dat hit was better dat de slaves was freed, but I still loves my white folkses, an' dey loves me."
N. C. District No. 2 Subject AUNT LUCY'S LOVE STORY Worker Mary A. Hicks"
