bidduh

Updated: May 31, 2025

We wuz sold, but long 'fore de war mah daddy wuz freed en mah manny wuz not freed, but kep' a slave." "De marster's chilluns wuz small en eber New Y'ar Day, we wuz put on a block en hired out ter de high bidduh, en de money spent ter school de marster's chilluns."

United States. Work Projects Administration - Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States : From Interviews with Former Slaves : Tennessee Narratives