has chillun and when de chillun's ole enough to wuk
in de fields den de mother goes to ole man Foley's house. Dere she's a
house servant and wuks at spinnin' and weavin' de cotton. Dey makes all
de clothes for ole man Foley and his fam'ly and for de slaves.

"No suh, we ain't got no holidays. Sundays we grinds co'n and de men
split rails and hoes wid de grubbin' hoe. Ole man Foley has a blacksmif
shop and a slave does de blacksmiffin. De slaves builds cabins wid split
logs and dey makes de roof tight wid co'n shucks and grass. One time a
month, times one time in two months, dey takes us to de white folks
church.

"Dey's four or five preachers and de slaves. Iffen deys a marriage de
preacher has a book. He's gotter keep it hid, 'cause dey's afraid iffen
de slaves learns to read dey learns how to run away. One of de slaves
runs away and dey ketches him and puts his eyes out. Dey catches anudder
slave dat run away and dey hanged him up by de arm. Yassuh, I see dat
wid my own eyes; dey holds de slave up by one arm, dey puts a iron on
his knee and a iron on his feet and drag 'im down but his feet cain't
reach de groun'.

"Ole man Foley ain't bad, but de overseers is mean. No suh, we never
gits no money and we never gits no lan'. Ole man Foley, he wants to give
us sumpin for gardens but Mr. John Woods, his gran'son, is agin it.

"Was I glad when dat was over? Wouldn' you be? It's long after we's free
dat I gits married. Yassuh, and I live in San Antonio 'bout 20 years."

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[Illustration: Will Daily's House]

[Illustration: Will Daily]

WILL DAILY, was born in 1858 in Missouri, near the city of St.
Louis. He was a slave of the John Daily family and served as chore
boy around the house, carried the breakfast to the field and always
drove up the horses on the plantation. The latter duty developed a
fondness for horses which led to a career as a race horse rider and
trainer. He remained with his white folks several years after
freedom and in Missouri many years longer in this work. He came to
San Angelo, Texas in 1922 and took up hotel work which he followed
until his health broke, only a few years ago. He now lives in his
small home, in the colored district of the city and depends on his
old age pension for a livelihood.

"Huh! What you say, did you say somethin' 'bout de ole age pension?",
questioned Will when approached on the slavery question,