Alabama ~ ~.	80


	“Uncle Andy worke d at de sa~m111 In dayt line an ‚ at night he cut two cords of wood before he go to bed. He make two bales of cotton de tirst year and de next year he make four. Den he tuk up preachin‘. He was a Methodist preacher.

	“Den oie massa die and oie mistis lose all her land. Uncle Andy was right good fixed so he took keer ot her a year or more ‘rom she died. Den when she died, he went to pay all de expenses of de funeral b ut de whit e folks ‘ t 1 et him kase dey say he done his share already.

	“My massats naxae was Williant Clemous and dey name me Wadley for oie man Wa&ley, de president of de Center Road.

	“Dein days is gone a long tine an‘ I still heah, but dey was good times den. I had plenty to eat ‚ plenty close to wear and when I gets sick, oie massa come to give me someinedicine and I don‘t need no doctor.

	“People worship God in dem days and not bother wid church houses so much. Ev‘ry Sunday oie massa get out by de back do‘ and teach us Sunday school. Den we cut tree limbs and make brush arbors for preaching. In de smnrner atter crops been laid by, us all, black and white, go to camp meetin‘ and stay a week. De white preacher preach on one side and de nigger on de udder. We carry lots of‘ vittles and feed everybody. Niggers sho‘ was better off
in slavery times.“