He said he didn't get 'em but once a
week.
"Oh, indeed there was a lot of difference in the way the colored folks
was treated. Some of 'em was very good, just like they is now.
"Well, all those old people is dead and gone now 'cause they was old
then.
"I come here to Arkansas in '88. That was when they was emigratin' the
folks. I was grown and married then. I was twenty-six when I married in
'85.
"I went to school a little. I can sorta scribble a little and read a
little, but my eyes is failin' now. I started wearin' glasses 'fore I
really needed 'em. I got to projectin' with my mother's glasses Looked
like they read so good.
"Farmin' is all I know how to do. Never done anything else. I owned some
land and farmed for myself.
"Sure, I used to vote--Republican. I never had any trouble. I always
tried to conduct my life to avoid trouble. I believe in that policy.
"I joined the church when I was very young, very young. I go by the
Golden Rule and by the Bible.
"I first lived in Pope County.
"I learned since I come here to Pine Bluff there's enough churches here
to save the world, but there's some mean people here."
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden
Person interviewed: Katie Dillon
307 Hazel Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age: 82
[Dec 31 1937]
"I hope I was here in slavery days--don't I look like it? I was a good
big girl after surrender.
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