"Slavery Days was Hell" states former Slave Dalia Garlic in the 1930's

Dalia Garlic 1930's

"𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. '𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲? 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆, 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼' 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱' 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼' 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗗𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻'...

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗿𝘆. 𝗗𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵..."

--- 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 1930𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘀. 𝗙𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 "𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁" 100 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻, 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 1830𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 14 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮.