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	Interviewer   -  - ~ .—. -~. Misslrene Robertson   ~ ~

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	“I was born a slave two years. I never will forget man come and told mother she was free. She cooked, She never worked in the field till after freedom, In a few days another man come and made thera . They du‘ t hold them in Kentucky. The owners give her provisions, meat, lasses, etc. ~- They cive her her clothes. She had four children and I was her youngest. The two oldest was girls. Father was dead. I don‘t remember him. Mother finally madearrangements to go to Will Bennett‘s place.

	“Another thing I remember: Frank Mayes sold mother to Isaac Tremble after she was free. She didn‘t know she was free. Neither did Isaac Prernble. I don‘t know whether Frank Mayes was honest or not. The part I remember was that us boys stood on the block and never was parted from her. V~e had to leave our sisters. One was sold to Miss Margaret Mousy, the other to Miss Alinyra Winder. (He said “MISS“ but they may have been widows. He didn‘t seem to 1~ow ~ ed.) Father belong to a Master Mills. ~l our family got together after we found out we had been treed.

“The Ku Klux: I went to the well little after dark. It was a good piece I‘roin our house. I looked up and saw a man with a robe and cap on. It scared me nearly to death. I nearly fell out. I had heard about the

‘boo~er man‘ and learned better then. ~it there he was. I had heard a lot about Ku Klux.