ISOM ROGERS                  1353-ARK/#050
         I WAS BORN IN TUNICA COUNTY, AUSTIN, MISSISSIPPI. I BEnN rN Em On   ),
ARKANSAS TEN YEARS. I COME TO DO BETTER. SAID FARMING WAS GOOD HERE. MY FOLKS' O
WNERS WAS MASTER PALMER AND GEORGE ROGERS. MY PARENTS WAS NEVER SOLD. THEY WAS Y
OUNG FOLKS IN SLAVERY TIME AND AT TIME OF FREEDOM. THEY WAS FARM HANDS. THEIR NA
MES WAS PAT AND ELY ROGERS.
         I HEARD HIM SAY HE MADE PALINGS AND WENT 'ROUN MENDING THE FENCES WHnN
THE GROUND WAS FROZE. HE MADE BOARDS TO COVER THE HOUSES WITH TOO -- I HEARD HIM
SAY. HE WAS STRONG AND WORKED ALL THE TIME AT SOME JOBS. NEVER HEARD MOTHER SAY
VERY MUCH.
         I BEEN FARMING AND I HAVE WORKED ON-QUjRTnR-kOAT jND BAlK FjRMrnG.&IBE
EN HERE TEN YEARS.
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ISOM ROGERS                  1353-ARK/#050
         I WAS BORN IN TUNICA COUNTY, AUSTIN, MISSISSIPPI. I BEEN IN EDMONDSON,
ARKANSAS TEN YEARS. I COME TO DO BETTER. SAID FARMING WAS GOOD HERE. MY FOLKS' O
WNERS WAS MASTER PALMER AND GEORGE ROGERS. MY PARENTS WAS NEVER SOLD. THEY WAS Y
OUNG FOLKS IN SLAVERY TIME AND AT TIME OF FREEDOM. THEY WAS FARM HANDS. THEIR NA
MES WAS PAT AND ELY ROGERS.
         I HEARD HIM SAY HE MADE PALINGS AND WENT 'ROUN MENDING THE FENCES WHEN
THE GROUND WAS FROZE. HE MADE BOARDS TO COVER THE HOUSES WITH TOO -- I HEARD HIM
SAY. HE WAS STRONG AND WORKED ALL THE TIME AT SOME JOBS. NEVER HEARD MOTHER SAY
VERY MUCH.
         I BEEN FARMING AND I HAVE WORKED ON QUARTER-BOAT AND BACK FARMING. I BE
EN HERE TEN YEARS.
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