Yojsouth, PLEASE remember that those interviewed for the WPA narratives were by then old people, but had been CHILDREN in slavery. Whatever evils the children may have witnessed were undoubtedly explained away by adults who didn't want the children to grow up excessively fearful. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org