Just After the War
"Immediately after the War, papa farmed. Most of it was down at the
Cummins place. When he ran away to Georgia, he didn't stay there. He
left and came back to Mississippi. I don't know just when my papa came
to the Cummins' place. It was just after the War. After be left the
Cummins' place he worked at the Smith place. Then he was farming agent
for sometime for old man Cook in Jefferson County. He would see after
the hands.
Voting
"I ain't never voted in my life. I know plenty men that used to vote but
I didn't. I never heard of no women voting.
Occupation
"I used to do field work. I washed and ironed until I got too old to do
anything. I can't do anything now. I ain't able.
Support
"I get the old age pension and the Welfare give me some commodities for
myself and my sick daughter. She ain't been able to walk for a year.
Marriage
"I married Willis Wright in July 1901. He did farming mostly. When he
died in 1928, he was working at the Southern Oil Mill. He didn't leave
any property."
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden
Person interviewed: Hannah Brooks Wright
W. 17th, Highland Addition, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age: 85
Occupation: Laundress
"Yes ma'am, I was born in slavery times. I was born on Elsa Brooks'
plantation in Mississippi.
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