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	“My father run off and 8tay in the woods one or two months. Old master say, ‘Now, J~ordan, why you rtin off? Now I‘m goin‘ to give yau~ a light bre8hin‘ and doia‘ t you run off again. ‚ ~t t d n~n off again after awhile,

	“He had one man named Mile8 ~ohnson just stayed in the woods 80 he put him on the block and sold him,

	“i: seed the IÇ~i Klux. We colored folka had to make lt here to Pine Bluff to the county band, If the Rebels kotch you, you waa dead.

	“Oh Lord yes, I voted. I voted the Publican ticket, they called

it.	You know they had this Au8tralia baLlot. ~ You was sposed to go in the caboose and votes They like to scared me to death one time, I had a description of the n~an I wanted to vote tor in my pocket and I was lookin‘ at it so I‘d be sure to vote for the right man and they caught me, They said, ‘What yau dom‘ there? We‘re goin‘ to ttum you over to the sheriff after electi id‘ They had me scared to death. I hid out for a long time till I seed they wasn‘t goin‘ to do nothin‘,

	“My wl‘ s brother was one of the judge s o~ the oie otion. Some of the other colored foiks was constables and magistrates ~— some of em are now ~ down in the country.

	“I knew a lot about things but I knew I was in the United States and had to bow to the law, There was the compromise they give the colored folks ~ half ot the offices and thon they got em out after— wards. Tohn M. Clayton was runnin‘ for the senate and say he goin‘ to see the colored people had equal rights, b~t they killed him as he was gwine through the country apealcin‘.