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“Aunt „ ~nry Ferguson • nô Mary Li tUe • n4 L~r~ry ~h orter ‚ was born aor~ieMiere in Mar~1and; the •z~at beauty boin~j design~ ted by her ai~ip1y as “the eastern shore“ of that state. ~The was born the oh~ ttel of a planter ru~ned ~it~•orter~ so her fir~it name, of ootLr~e• vins ~ry ~3P‘~orter.


“or rian.y ye~r8 she ~a resided with a d~niijhter nni ~ d~riu~P~ter, ut 1918 (J~k 4~ivemte, Co1ur~bus, Georgia.

“Aunt“ ~ary Wt~2 ~b~ut thirteen yerrs old wien, in 1060, ~he was sold “nd br~~u~t ~outh. ~‚1~e i~tory of wI~iot~ as told in her own word8 18 ~s followsi


“In 1360 t wuz a ~apny o~i1e. I ~ nd i~ good ma an ~ ~oo1 paw; me o1d~r brut~er ~n ~ne older auater, an a little bruther ~n a bnby &A3t(~r• too. All my far~b1y w~oked in de fi~1da~ ~oeptjfl ~ie nn c:~e tw~ little uns• whi&•~ I 8t~r€~ci r)t ~or~~e to mind. (rund cq:~e ‘or).

“It w‘iz dunn‘ ootto~: chopping tine ~it jet~r (liJüO), a àny I‘ll ~evcr f(~P~Tit, ~*~en Qe speoku1n~ws b~~t‘~t ~e. ~ oorie ~o~ie i‘ror~ t~:e fit~1~ ‘bi:.~tt t~af nl,ter ‘leven dat th~I ~n cooked ~i

(jinnels, I ~opin I~r. Q, I nev(r ~ ~or~:ot ~int 1~u~t dinner wi~ rfl1sr fo~c~s1 BUbt• IOfl~~~OWJ I hRd felt, nil de rnawnin, lak sunpin was