The women slept in
the wagons and the men would sleep on the creek watching for wild life.
With other pioneers, they suffered all the hardships and dangers
incident to the settling of the new country more than three-fourths of a
century ago.
Emmeline always had good care. She worked hard and faithfully and was
amply rewarded.
[HW: High]
Circumstances of Interview
STATE--Arkansas
NAME OF WORKER--Blanche Edwards
ADDRESS--Lonoke, Arkansas
DATE--October 20, 1938
SUBJECT--An Old Slave [TR: Emiline Waddell]
[TR: Repetitive information deleted from subsequent pages.]
1. Name and address of informant--Mrs. John G. High, living nine miles
north of Lonoke, Arkansas.
2. Date and time of interview--October 20, 1938
3. Place of interview--At the home of Mrs. John G. High, nine miles
north of Lonoke.
4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with
informant--
5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you--
6. Description of room, house, surroundings, etc.
Text of Interview
Emiline Waddell, a former slave of the L.W. Waddell family, lived to be
106 years old, and was active up to her death.
She was born a slave in 1826 at Haben county, Georgia, a slave of
Claybourne Waddell, who emigrated to Brownsville, in 1851, in covered
wagons, oxen drawn.
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