Slave Narrative of Priscilla Mitchell

Person Interviewed: Priscilla Mitchell
Location: Dade County, Florida

Priscilla Mitchell, 1614 NW 5th Ave., was born in Macon County, Alabama, March 17, 1858.

“Y’ see, ah wuz oney 7 years old when ah wuz ‘mancipated. I can ‘member pickin’ cotton, but I didn’t work so hard, ah wuz too young.

“I wuz my Massy’s pet. No, no he wouldn’t beat me. Whenever ah’s bad or did little things that my mother didn’t want me to do and she’d go to whip me, all I needed to do was to run to my Massy and he’d take me up and not let my mother git me.”

This is a sample of the attitude that very many have toward their masters.


Surnames:
Mitchell,

Collection:
Federal Writers' Project. WPA Slave Narratives. Web. 2007.

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