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I et and slept with Hattie and Bud and Rob Whitaker. Quill Whitaker was a Union surgeon in the Civil War. "I don't think any of my folks was ever sold. They was of a porer class and had to have a living and sorter become slaves for a living. I never heard ma say how she got in bondage. Pa stayed with John Rob bout like a slave. "I am a farmer. I am not on the PWA. Times for me is hard.
I handled cotton and cross ties. I used to help load and unload the boats and I worked helpin' build railroads. Then I had to farm about a little fur a living. I worked on Victor Gates place six years. Then I worked on the widow Thomas place till the Government bought it. Then the last eighteen months I got work wid the PWA on the rezer/va/tion.
Dats the reason I don't like the PWA work I done. It cuts you off without a thing to go on. I likes farm work whole heap the best." Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Mrs. Dicey Thomas 2500 Center Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 82 "I was born in Barbour County, Alabama. When I was born, the white folks kept the children's age, not that of their parents.
I thought I would get one, but all I got was some PWA work, and this year they told me I was too old for that. I told 'em I wasn't but 91, but they didn't give nothin' else. I guess I'll get my pension soon, though. My oldest boy ought to get it, too; he's sixty-five." Jules A. Frost Tampa, Florida May 19, 1937 "Who is the oldest person, white or colored, that you know of in Tampa?"
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