Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
By Work Projects Administration
- Release Date: 2015-01-02
- Genre: History
Description
“I was born in Chickashaw County, Mississippi. Ely Abbott and Maggie Abbott was our owners. They had three girls and two boys—Eddie and Johnny. We played together till I was grown. I loved em like if they was brothers. Papa and Mos Ely went to war together in a two-horse top buggy. They both come back when they got through.