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Intervie~ver	—____MaryD. Hud~ins
	Person Thterv1ev~ed	Fanny ~Tohnson	Aged	76

Home	Palraetto( lives v~iith dau~hter who owns acomfortable, wel 1~ furnishedhonie )


AS told by:

I~rs. Fanny J~ohnson


	vtYes niatam. I remembers the days of slavery. I WE~~S turned five years old. vthen the war started rushing. NO ma‘atn, I didn‘t see rauch of the Yankees. They didn‘t come thru but tw1ce~ ~1as I afraid ? No nia‘axu.0 I was toc busy to be scared. I was too busy 1ookiri~ at the buttons they wore,‘ ~ď~ti1 they went In ~sster‘s sraoke house. Then I quit looking and started hollering.But, I‘ll tell you all about that later.

	My folks all corne from Lď&ryland, They was sold to a ~an named Woodfork and. brought to Nashville, The Woodforlç colored folks V)SS always tre~ted ~cod. Lisster used to buy up lots o~ pl&ntations~ Once he bo~~ht one In VirGInIa v.‘ith all the slaves on the place. Ee didn‘t believe in separctjn€ families. He didn‘t believe in dividinG mother from her baby.