“****** butter was made by mixing two parts of lard with one part of molasses This ****** butter was what we had to use on our bread; and we did well if we didn't have to spread it deuced thin. The bread was so hard that it needed greasing; and this was all we had to grease it with – we had no gravy.” ~ Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts: Three African American Women's Oral Slave Narratives edited by DoVeanna S. Fulton Minor, Reginald H. Pitts