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5t017 ~• Ini‘orniation:

	“Mali young ma.r3t er wuz ~o e ~burn. Me and him ~roweci up togedd~er an‘ I wuz hi~ body guard dunn‘ de wahr. Many‘s de day I‘ze watched de amoke ob battle clear away an ‚ wait £0 t de return ob mali inareter. AU de time I felt we wuz born t o win dat wahr ‚ out God knowed ‘ ~n ‚ you knowS de re~u].t.

	Th~‘ee years a~o I went to LittLe Rock wid Iv~. Fisher. La‘ ai]. £01k8 whut goes to dis city, we wein our wa.yto de Capitol to see de Governor. Goy. BittreU sittixi‘ uae‘ in his great flne office, saw me and jined me in conversation. 1~ ~s‘ question he axed me~ viiz ~hut perky does yo ‚ ‘tiliate ‘ I sez, ‘de I~anocrat ~ de parby whut ‘s a frien‘ to d~e nigger. ‚ De Governor axed me how does I lac ‚ dis lite? I sez ‘very well, tho‘ things has ehan~ed since slavery days. Those wuz good oie deys Lor de black men; didn‘t he!ter wœ‘ry about mithin‘. Now, I aho‘ d~oes mah share ob

wolTyin‘ • I worn es ft‘tmi one mea]. to de odder ‚ I worn es about ihure I ‚ ze gwine

get some mo‘ clothes when dese wears out?‘

	I tale de Goveirnor niali ‘sperience wif de Republican Party dunn‘ de wahr. I bees hune ‘ times in mali lise an‘ one ob de times by de Republicans. Long time ago, Mr. Boy Nash an‘ t&. iiugh Sutton wuz a settin ‚ ovah de ballot box on ‘lection day, when I vot ad Oo Democrat s. Tas ‚ euh; I jus ‚ marches ‚ em in en ‚ tells ‚ eDi how to a~t dey vot e. Dat night ‚ on mali way hc~e fr~ de votin ‚ ‚ goin ‚ • down de lon&.y road, I wuz stopped an‘ strung up to a tree bY de neck. DeY ‘aPl&tI~Od dat I wuz too ‘fluentia]. wid de ~i~gers. ~Vhen I wuz i~8flgifl‘ dere I did ~aae man~il howlin‘. Dat

	t siio brought de whi te 1~olks. When dey se e mah d‘ dey ‘leased d e rope an‘ I wuz saved. J~&t is ihen I ‘pealed to Col. Baker for ‘tection. tie wuz mah frien‘ as iox~ as he lib, axxl he wuz a good frien‘ ob de South ‘cause he saved lots ob white rolks frun de wrath ob de mean niggtt

(Not e : The Col • ~aker referred ~o was Cullen Baker ‚ the leader O~ a z~thleaa gang
o~ Oushwhaokera that operated in this section shortly after the Civil Wer.)
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