wo'th-while

Updated: May 5, 2025

I dunno nuthin' ob de slave 'risin's, ghostus er dreams, but I member mah folks talkin' 'bout fallin' sta'rs en a comet but I don' member now w'at dey said." "I'se wuk'd at a lot ob diff'ent jobs since mah freedum. I wuk'd at de Maxwell House 15 years as store room porter, en hit wuz de only wo'th-while hotel in Nashville at dat time.

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