d one of the slaves to place a trunk with a lot of baggage, and he did it. Then the slave lifted his hand to his hat and said: Anything more, please sir?. The slave was so happy to help.Adams said that One fellow while jumping on board, his boot was caught between the planks, and fell into the water. A slave went into the water with a happy shout to get it, as if it was a merry adventure.Millie Evans was a slave in North Carolina from the time of her birth around 1849 until the civil war. Now she cant remember everything she did in those days, but they didnt have to worry about anything. The Old Mistress was the one to worry. They had such a good time, and everybody cried when the Yankees cried out Free . The old Master didnt want to part with his Niggers, and the Negroes didnt want to part with the Old Master. So they thought by going to Arkansas they would have a chance to keep them. So they loaded the wagons, they had plenty to eat.Nehamia Adams told about a colored women. She and her children lived in a separate cabin belonging to her master, washing clothes for families in that place. She paid her master a percentage of her earnings, and laid up more than enough to buy her freedom and that of her children. Why, as she might be free does she not use it rather? (90)She says that if she were to buy her freedom, she would have no one to take care of her for the rest of her life. Now her master is responsible for her support. She has no care about the future. Old age, sickness, poverty, do not trouble her. I can indulge myself and children, she says, in things which otherwise I could not get. If I buy my freedom, I cut myself off from the interests of the white folks in me, Now they feel that I belong to them, and people will look to see it they treat me well. (89-90).The slaves were treated properly. Adams then went to the city of Savannah. Young children and infants were there, with very respectable colored nurse...
