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Slave Interview	Page 10
Fjach~l A, Austin	FEC
Jacksonville, Florida



	“Parson“ came to Umatilla, Florida, in 1882 from Georgia with a Mr. Rogers whob~roug~t him and six other men, their wives and children, to work on the railroad; ~ he was made the eection‘~boss“ which job he held until a white ~~an threatened to “dock“ him because he was wearing ~. stiff shirt and ~aetting over a white man“ when he should have a shovel. This was the opinion of a man in the vicinity, but another white friend,~~a~is warned him and advised him not to leave Umatilla, but persuaded him to work for him cutting cord. wood; although “Parson“ had nev~er seen wood. corded, he accepted the job and was soon given a pass to Macon, Georgia, to get other men; he brought 13 men back and soon became their TtbOSß8 and bought a house and decided to do a little hunting. Then he left this job he did some hotel work, cooked and served• a3 train porter. In 1892 he was ordained to preach and has preached and pastored regularly from that time up to two years ago.

	He is of medium size and build and partially baldheaded; what little hair he has is very grey; he has keen eyes; hja eyesight is very good; he has never had to wear glasses. :11e is as supple as one half his age; it is readily demonstrated as he runs, jumps and. yells while attending the games of his favorite pastimes, baseball and football. wherever the Edward