SUGGESTIONS TO INTERVIEWERS:

	The interviewer should attempt to weave the following questions naturally into the conversation, in simple language. L~any of the interviews show that the workers have simply sprung routine questions out of context, and received routine answei~.

	1.	That did the ex-~slaves expect from freedom? Forty acres and a mule? A distribution of the land of their masters‘ plantation?

	2.	7~hat did the slaves get after freedom? Were any of the plantations actually divided up? Did their i~iasters give them any money? Were they under any compulsion after the war to remain as servants‘~

	3.	What did the slaves do after the war? What did they receive generally? That do they think about the reconstruc— tior~ period?

	4.	Did secret organizations such as the .~u Klux Klan exert or attempt to exert any influence over the lives of ex— slaves?

	5.	Did the ex-slaves ever vote? If so, under what aircurnstances? Did any of their friends ever hold political office? ;~niat do the ex—slaves think of the present restricted suffrage?

	6.	;~‘hat have the ex-slaves been doing in the interim between 1864 and 193?? ~1hat jobs bave they held (in detail)? How are they supported nowadays?

	r? • ~‘Jhat do the ex—slaves think of the younger generat ion of Negroes and of present conditions?

	8.	Were there any instances of slave uprisings?

	9.	7~‘ere any of the ex—slaves in yourcommunity living in Virginia at the time of the ~at Turner rebellion? Do they remember anything about it?

10.	;‘;hat songs were there of the period?


The above sent to:	~dabama, ~~rkansas, Florida, Ga., Kentucky, La., Md., ‘iississippi, ~Mo., N. Car., Okia., S. Car., Tenn., Texas, Virginia, ~?• Va . ‚ Ohio ‚ Kansas ‚ Indiana
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