twenty-doll

Updated: April 30, 2025

Ah have a twenty-doll ah bill 'roun som'ers, if hi could evah fin' hit. "Yes, ah had hit good. My mothah, she stayed on de plantation, too. She did de churnin' and she run de loom. She wuz a good weaver. Ah used ter help her run de loom.

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