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That Indian In uncle Torn made him not scared ot anybody. He‘ had a newspaper with latest war news and gathered a crowd of slaves to read them when peace was ccmtlng. White men say it done to get uprising among slaves. A crowd of white gather and take uncle Torn to jail. Twenty of them say they would beat him, each man, till they so tired they can‘t lay on one more lick. If he still alive, then they hang him. Wasn ‚ t that awful? Hang a man just because he could read? They had him in jail overnight. Bis young master got wind ot it, and went to save his man. The Indien in uncle Tom rose. Strength ~ big extra 8trength seemed to come to him. Pirat man what opened that door, he leaped on him and laid him out. No white men could stand against him in that Indian fighting spirit. They was acared ot him. He almost

tore that jalihouse down, lady. Yes he did. His young master took
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him that night ‚	‘ next day the white mob ~was after him and had him

in jail. Then listen what hapRened. The Yankees took Helena, and opened up the jails. ~verybody so scared they rorgot all about hangiügs and things like that. Then uncle Tom join the Union army; was in the 54th Regiment, U. 5. voluiiteers (colored) and went to Little Rock. ~ My mama come up here. You see, so many white tolks loaned their slaves to the cessioners (Cecessionists) to h~lp build torte all over the state. Marna was needed to help cook. They was building torts to protect Little Rock. Steele was coming. The mistress wasP kind; she took care of me and my sister while mania was gone.

	It was while she was in Little Rock that mama married Iae. After peace they went back to Helena and stayed two years with old mistress. She let them have the us~ o~ the farm tools and mule.;