We all cried.
Miss Mollie was next to our own mother. She raised us. We kept on their
place.
"I cooked for Joe Campbell at Forrest City. He had one boy I help to
raise. They think well of me."
Interviewer's Comment
Very light mulatto. Bed fast and had two rolls and a cup of coffee. Had
been alone all day except when Home Aid girls bathed and cleaned her
bed. She is paralyzed. She said she was hungry.
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden
Person interviewed: Nellie Dunne
3900 W. Sixth Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age: 78
"Yes ma'am, I was slavery born but free raised. I was half as big as I
is now. (She is not much over four feet tall--ed.) Born in Silver Creek,
Mississippi. Yes ma'am. They give ever'body on the place their ages but
mama said it wasn't no 'count and tore it up, so I don't know what year
I was born.
"Cy Magby--mama was under his control. He would carry us over to the
white folks' house every morning to see Miss Becky. When old master come
after us, he'd say, 'What you gwine say?' and we'd say, 'One-two-three.'
Then we'd go over to old Mis' and courtesy and say, 'Good morning, Miss
Becky; good morning, Mars Albert; good morning, Mars Wardly.
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