The Old South

ulm, Margret Hunter, John Hunter, William Hutchinson, Ida Blackshear 351 357 359 367 369 Ishorn, Cornelia Island, Jack and Talitha 382 Island, Mary Isom, Henrietta 379 380 389 391 ILLUSTRATIONS The Old South Frontispiece .',30922 Interviewer Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed Age Charlie Gad son, Brlnkley Arkansas 67 *I was born in Barnwell County, South Carolina* My parents1 name was Jane Gadson* Aaron Gadson* mother master was Mr* Owens* knowed bout him* My That is all I ever My father1 s master was Rivers and Harley Gadson* "They said they was to get something but they moved on* At the ending of that war the President of the United States got killed* They wouldnft knowed they was free if they hadn't made some change* I don't know what made them think they would get something at freedom less somebody told them they would* "I work at the oil mill and at sawmilling* been farminf mostly since I been here* I got kidney trouble and rheumatism till I ain't no count* a house and lot in Brinkley*" I I own #771 (50065 Interviewer Samuel S* Taylor Person interviewed Age Br* D# B Qalnes 1720 Izard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 75 *I was born in 1863 and am now seventy-five years old* You see, therefore, that I know nothing experimentally and practically about slavery* "I was born in South Carolina in Lawrence County, and my father moved away from the old place before I had any recollection* I remember nothing about it, Uy father said his master1 a name was Matthew Sinter* "I was named for my fatherfs master9 a brother* Br* Bluford Gaines* My name is Doctor Bluford Gaines* Of course* I am a doctor but my name is Doctor* *My father9 s family moved to Arkansas, in 1882* Morrilton, Arkansas* Settled near I myself came to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1885, October eighth* Worked…

ad times like em now.! Yes suh^ I111 sure come to see you in town one of dese days* NOTE: Good mornin*." Bob Potter is a most interesting Negpo character one of the most genial personalities of the Old South that the interviewer has met anywhere. His humor is infectious, his voice boisterous, but delightful, and his uproarious laugh just such as one delights to listen to* narrations seem to ring with veracity And his 366 387 .3091; Interviewer Mra Barnice Bowden Person Interviewed Age Loaiae Prayer 3401 Short West Third, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 80 *I can member seeinf the Yankees* and my grandmother raised me* My mother died when I was a baby Ifse goin* on eighty* "TBhen the Yankees come we piled boxes and trunks in front of the doors and windows* are camin1.1 Shefd say, You chillun get in the house; the Yankees I didnft know what 'twas about--! sure didn*t* *Ifm honest in mind* the folks* f You know the Yankees used to come in and whip I know they come in and whipped my grandma and when they come in we chillun went under the bed* Didnft know no better* whip her? Oh my God, I donft know bout dat* Why did they You know when we chillun saw em ridin* in a hurry we went in the house and under the bed* I specks theyfd a killed me if they come up to me cause theyfd a scared me to death* "We lived on the Williams1 place* All belonged to the same people* They give us plenty to eat such as 'twas* chillun mostly on bread and syrup* But in them days they fed the Sometimes we had greens and dumplin's* Jus1 scald some meal and roll up in a ball and drop in with the greens* Just a very few chickens we had. I donft love chicken though* If I can jus1 get the liver Ifm through with the chicken* "When I got big enough my grandmother had me in the field* school a little bit but I didnft…