C. only three years 'bfo' Peace".
"My mother and father were born on the same plantation and I di'n't
have nothin' to do 'sept play with the white children and have plenty to
eat. My mother and father were field han's. I learned to talk from the
white children."
ANNIE GAIL:
Annie Gail, 1661 NW 6th Court, Miami, Florida, was four years old when
"peace came."
"I was borned on Faggott's place near Greenville, Alabama. My mother,
she worked for Faggott. He wuz her bossman. When she'd go out to de
fiel's, I 'member I used to watch her, for somehow I wuz feared she would
get away from me.
"Now I 'member dat jes ez good as 'twas yesterday. I didn't do anything.
I just runned 'round.
"We just 'stayed on' after de' 'Mancipation'. My mother, she was hired
then. I guess I wuzn't 'fraid ob her leavin' after dat."
JESSIE ROWELL:
Jessie Rowell, 331 NW 19th St., Miami, Florida was born in Mississippi,
between Fossburg and Heidelberg, on the Gaddis plantation.
"My grandmother worked in the house, but my mother worked in the field
hoeing or picking cotton or whatever there was to do. I was too little
to work.
"All that I can 'member is, that I was just a little tot running 'round,
and I would always watch for my mother to come home.
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