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~_r~pJ~ Interview ~ ____


LULA FLANNIGAN
Ex-dave, 78 years.


	ttDey says I w~iz jes fo~ years oie when de vrar wuz over, but I sho‘ does member 0at day dem Yankee sojers come down de road. Mary and. Willie Durham wuz my mammy and ~appy, en dey belong ter Marse Spence Durham at ~Vatkinsvi11e in sla1‘r,r tîmes.~

	“When word corn dat ae Yankee sojers vïuz on de way, Ma.rse Spence en his sons V~117~ tway at de. ~ Miss Betsey to1~ my pappy ter take en hide de hos~es do~rn in de ~wa~m. My mammy help Miss Betsey sew up de silver in de cotton bed ticks. Dem Yankee sojers neiTher did find our wMtefolkst hosses and deir silver.“

	tfMis~ Marz~e, she v~z Marse Spcnce on Miss Betsey‘s daughter.

She r~uz playth‘ on de piann~ ~ dc Yankeo sojers com~~ clown de road. Two sojers ciim in de house ~n ax her fer tcr play er tune dat dey liked. I fergit~ dc name er dey tune. Miss Marz~e ~its up fum de piann~ en she l~vi dat sho amt g~‘iinc~ play no tune for‘ no Yankee mens. Den de sojers takes her out en ~t her ut~ on top er d.t-~ high ~att~ post in front €~r d~3 big house, ~n rnek her s~t d~,r tr:ci ~1e v:hol~ rc~irncnt pass by. She set dar en cry, ~ut she sho‘ aine nebber pl~.yed no tune for dorn Yankec m€~ns~‘t

	“D~ Thnkee scjcrs tijk all dc l~3.ankets offon de beds. Dey‘ stole all dc meat de,r vîant fuïn de smokehouse . Boy hr~sh in de top er d~ syrup barrels en den turn dc brrrols upsidc down.“

	“Marss Spence gaveme ter Miss M~Lrzee fer ter b~ her o~.in maid, but slavtry time ondcd fO~ I ~aZ big ‘nough ter hc much good ter ter.‘t