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	*MIBS Annie doctored u~. In~‘suminer, she ruade us pull up

certain roots and dry special leafs for to make her teas out of. Horelioun‘, boneset, and yellow root was de main things 811e used. She made a sort of sody out of de white ashes f‘um de top of a h1~ktry fire and mixed it wid vinegar for headaches. De black ashes, left on de bottom of de hiek‘ry fire, was leached for lye, what was bi].ed wid grease to make our soap.

	It1 never will forgit de day dey told us de war was over and

us was free. On~ of de toinans what was d~n by de 3pring a washin‘ clothes staa‘ted shoutin‘: ~ God~-a—Moughty I‘se free at lastL‘ ~.rse Tom heared her and he come and knocked her down. It was ‘bout October or November ‘fore he ever told US dat us was free aho‘ ‘nough. Dat saine ‘oman fainted dead away den ‘cause 8he wanted to holler so bad and was skeered to make a souri‘ • De yankees come thoo‘ soon atter dat and said us was free and ‘vited all de Niggera dat wanted to, to go ‘long wid dem. I never will forgit how bad dem yankees treated Old Miss. Dey stole all her good hosses, and her chickens and dey broke in de smokehouse and tuk her meat. Dey went in de big house and tuic her nice quilts and blankets. She stood all of dat wid a straight face but when dey fou& her gold, she just broke down and cried and cried. I stayed on and was Miss Annie‘s houseboy long as she lasted. I was 21 when she died.

	“Dem night riders done plenty of whuppin‘ on our plantation. Hit was a long time ‘fore Niggers could git ‘nough money to buy lan‘ wid and it was a good 20 years ‘fore no school was sot up for Niggers in our settlement.