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LUCINDAELDEB, 86, was born a slave of the Cardwell f~mi1y, near Concord Deport, Virginia.. She cane to Thxas with Will Jon‘~s and his wife, Miss Susie, in 1860 ‚ and was the jr nu~rse-~ girl until she married Will Elder, in 1875, Lucinda lives at 1007 dwards St ~ ‚ Houston, Texas,




	~You chilluns all go ‘way now, while I talks to dis gen‘man. I ‘dares to goodness, chilluns nowadays ain‘t got no m~nn~rs ~~a~l• ‘Tain‘t like when I was li‘l, dey larnt you manners and you larnt to mind, too. Nowadays you tell ~ to do somethin‘ and ~rou is jes‘ wastin‘ you breath, ‘lr~SS ~U fl95 ~ stick right handy. Dey is my great grandchilluns, and dey sho‘ is spoilt. Mei.ybe I a.in‘t got no patience AO more, like I use to have, 1caus~ dey ain‘t so bad.

	“Well, suh, you all wants me to tell ~TOu ‘bout slave times, and I‘ll tell you first dat I had mighty good white folks, ~nd I hope dey s gone up t o Heaven. My mama ‚ long to Marse John Cardwell ‚ what I hear was e riches‘ man and h~d ke bigges‘ plantation round Concord Depot. Dat am in Campbell C0unty, in Virginny. I don‘t ‘member old missy‘s name, but ~he mighty good to de sinves, jes‘ like parse John was,

	“M~aa‘s naine was Isabella and she was de coolc and. born right on de plantation. Papa‘ s name was Gibson, his first naine was Jim, and he t long to Marse Gibson what had a. plantation next to Marse John, ~nd I knows papa cane to se~ mama on ~edne~day and Sat‘day nights.