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~	— “My father was a full blood African. lUe parents come from there and

he couldn‘t talk plain.

	“My great grandma was an Indian squaw. Mother was crossed with a white man. He was a Scotchmen.

	“My mother belong to old man Zohn Marshall. He died before I left Vlr€inia.

	“Old Misa Nancy Marshall and the boys and their wives, three of em was married, end slaves set out in three covered wagoné and ccn~ to Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1867.

	wBlunt Marshall was a Baptist preacher. In 1869 my grandma died at Holly Springs.

	“I had two sl8tera Ann and ~rieh. Old Miss Nancy Marshall had kin folks at Marshall, Texas. She took ~Ann with her and I have never seen her since.

	“In 1878 we i~wnigrated to Kansas. W. soon got back to Helena. Marieh died there and in 1881 mother died.

	WOld Mi sa Nancy‘ s boys nemed Blunt ‚ .l‘olin, Bill ‚ Harp. I don ‚ t know where they scattered out to finally.

	“All my folks ever expected was freedom. Ne was nicely

taken care of till the family split up. My father was suppressed.