Question

can someone please explain to me this excerpt from Mary Reynolds, an ex slave.
" He raised corn and cotton and cane and 'taters and goobers, 'sides the peas and other feedin' for n******. I 'member I helt a hoe handle mighty onsteady when they put a old woman to larn me and some other chillun to scrape the fields.

Thank you

Answer 1

He raised corn and cotton and sugar cane and potatoes and peanuts, besides the peas and other food for the ?? (other slaves?). I remember I held a hoe's handle very unsteadily when they (the master? overseer?) sent an old woman to teach me and other children how to use the hoes to scrape (chop out the weeds?) the fields.

All this is reflecting what happened on plantations or farms in the South before the Civil War, right?

Answer 2

yes MSmith. Thank you