Rube Witt

ams . 166 Lou Williams' House Millie T/illiams 166 - 170 Steve Williams 179 Wayman Williams and Henry Freeraan 182 Willie Williams 187 Lulu Wilson 190 Wash Wilson 195 Willis Winn 201 Rube Witt 208 Ruben Woods 211 Willis Woodson 214 Facing page Sallie Wroe 223 Litt Young 227 Louis Young 232 Teshan Young 235 4:20:2(58 EX-SLAVE STGEIES (Texas) Paf?e One 9 UAZIQJJ3 SAKCO was horn a slave of Mrs. Louisa Green, in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 10, 1849. Shortly after Mazique was freed, he enlisted in the array and was sent with the Tenth Cavalry to San Angelo, then Port Concho, Texas. After Mazique left the army he became well-known as a chef, and worked for several large hotels. Mazique uses little dialect. When asked where Mazique is, his young wife says, "In his office," and upon inquiry as to the location of this office, she replies mirthfully, "On de river,,f for since he is t->o old to work, Mazique spends most of his time fishing. "My mistress owned a beautiful home and three hundred twenty acres of land in the edge of Qolurabia, in South Carolina, just back of the *tate house. Her name was Mrs. Louisa Green and she was a widow lady. That's where I was born, but when her nephew, Dr. Edward Flamming, married Miss Dean, I was given to him for a wedding present, and so was my mother and her other children. I was a very small boy then, and when I was ten Dr. Fleimning gave me to his crippled mother-in-law for a foot boy. when her husband was killed. could be had. She got crippled in a runaway accident, He had two fine horses, fiery and spirited as He called them Ash and Dash, and one day he and his wife were out driving and the horses ran the carriage into a big pine tree, and Mr. Deam was killed instantly, and Mrs. Dean cofuidn't ever help herself again. on her.…