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"I was born in Union County, S.C., not far from the ferry on Tyger River. My mother was a slave of George R. Tucker who lived on the Enoree River. I can't remember slavery times nor the war; but I remember about the end of the war when everybody was coming home.
"My mother was a 'weaver, going to the white folks' houses and weaving clothes for them for small pay. Carding and spinning was done by all the white families at home.
"The farms had large gardens and raised most everything to eat. Large patches of turnips, cabbage and green vegetables was the custom at that time."
Source: Laura Caldwell (77), Newberry, S.C. Interviewer: G.L. Summer, Newberry, S.C. May 20, 1937
(Project 1885-1, FOLKLORE, Spartanburg Dist.4., 15 Dec 1937, Edited by: Elmer Turnage)
