Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews: Volume XII Ohio Narratives

Life experience excels all reading. Every place you go, you learn something from every class of people. Books are just for a memory, to keep history and the like, but I don't have to go huntin' in libraries, I got one in my own head, for you can't forget what you learn from experience." The old man speaking is a living example of his theory, and, judging from his bearing, his experience has given him a philosophical outlook which comprehends love, gentleness and wisdom. Charles H. Anderson, 3122 Fredonia Street, was born December 23, 1845, in Richmond, Virginia, as a slave belonging to J.L. Woodson, grocer, "an exceedingly good owner-not cruel to anyone." With his mother, father, and 15 brothers and sisters, he lived at the Woodson home in the city, some of the time in a cabin in the rear, but mostly in the "big house." Favored of all the slaves, he was trusted to go to the cash drawer for spending money, and permitted to help himself to candy and all he wanted to eat. With the help of the mistress, his mother made all his clothes, and he was "about as well dressed as anybody."

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: State of Ohio, Works Progress Administra
Published: 11/26/2010
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781456382414
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d