Slave Intervtew	~		Pa~e 3	29
Pearl Randolph		~	. FTo
Jao1~eonvi11e, Florida.


	~	A group of Indians were attending otte of these frolios at ~‘ort Myers and. everything went well until one of the number became intoxicated, terrorizing the Negroes with bullying, and. fighting anyone with whom he could 0pick“ a quarrel. ‘Big Charlie‘ an uncle of the narrator was present and. when the red man challenged him to a fight made a quick end of him by breaking his neck at one blow.

	For two years he was hounded by revengeful Indians ‚ who had an uncanny way of ferre ting out hi a where— aboute no matter where he went. Often he sighted them while working in the fields and. ~uld be forced to flee to some other place. This continued with many hairbreadth escapes, until he was forced to move several states away.

	Berry recalli the old days of black aristoc— racy when Negroes held high political offices in the state of Florida, when Negro tradesmen and professionals corn— peted. successfully and unmolested with the whites. Many fortunes were made by men who are now little more than beggars . To this group belongs the man who in spi te of r& duced o irouznstances managet~ st I li to make one think of top hats and state affaire. Although small of stature and almost disabled by rheumatism, he has the fiery dignity and. straight back that we associate with men who have ruled others. At the same time he might also be characterized as a sweet old person, with all the tender reminisoenoes of the old days and. the