Mama was the mother of ten and I am the mother of eight.

"Mama was Minthy Martin.

Mama was Minthy Bridgeforth but I don't have her owner's name.

Mama was a field hand.

Mama was a house girl, Aunt Mary cooked and my oldest sister put fire on the skillet and oven lids.

Mama was Viney Hode.

"Mama and papa was both slavery niggers and they spoke mighty well of their owners.

Mama was cryin', she told us children they was goiner hurt him.

" Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Nellie Maxwell, Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 63 "Mama was Harriett Baldwin.

My own daddy was a Union soldier and my mama was a cook fer the mistress.

And she buried her hot, revealing face into the fresh net V. "Whywhy, baby, aa boy like that!" "Twenty-three, mama, ain't a boy!"

Mama was a field woman.

" I asked him why he didn't teach his mother to read and write and he said, "Well, I tell you, mama is high strung.

"Mama was the cook for her missis in slavery times.

Mama was a good speller.