37. What sort of medicine was used in the days just after the war?
Describe a Negro doctor of that period.
She used to make tea out of the Devil's Shoe String that grew along on
the ground. We used oil and turpentine. Put turpentine on sores.
38. What do you remember about northern people or outside people moving
into the community after the war?
Yes. Mrs. Dermont, she taught white folks. I didn't go to school.
39. How did your family's life compare after Emancipation with it
before?