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	I‘m, ‘nt€flr‘ ~L4n‘t hive a chance to ~tt in politics dtzrtng stavsfl, bat after Emanaipatton, he went tamédiatety tnto the Rerubjtô~tri Fartfl a few tnto the Daocnttc,PartY; then ‚
. were many other parties, too«	.	~ . • . . ~ .‚

~	‚ T1~e n~it~flona were V~thodin rind liapttet; my master ~

waS Eaptiet and that‘ a ‘what t air; we coulA attiM chur~t but ~ ~ dare not try. to get any education, lese we punished wtth etnpa,

~	There are~sany thIngs t rerneinborjust ltke.lt was~ yeflerday .4-. the ceneral p~intehtnent was with etrspè ~ some at the sinves øuflere4 tentt~y àn the ptantattons; if the mnste~ ne poor rnt% bat :~* he ne n~ean ~ the mot~e naitiw or ~~‘:

çslstvee hç had~ the bett7r he was~ In some cessa ft tes the

general 1t~w thatmadö soute o$ the Masters as Uzey weré; aa~ the, law required them th have ~ an nverseer or foreman (be ni Catted Those mann) by the 1niggers‘i~nd usustly carne t!oat the tower ~øt pé;oreD classée of whites; he dtdn‘t~ tltke . ~.~geflt iaeuaflly ‚ and took nuthor‘ity to do as h .‚ ‚e pjeased with them~ at ttrnés~ S~ ‚ ‚ plantatians preterrett arid did hne ‘nigger riden‘ :th .‚ ut iréfl. ~ nezt to the Qver*seer or foreman, but tMy were liked better than the ferewan t~nd in àny «thetanon wtwe treated like tGreiner but the tat would nOt lét them‘becafled i‘onmei~‘ . Some .. of the ‚ mt~sters stood between the ~ ~fl1FL ~ ~er riderst . aM forain ~nM some CÇtSO9~ the nig~ertwae PQ0U7 boss, . ‚

‘The p4ithaente, as i: ~ said were ~j~j: ace anwn ‚ ~ .

wouLd ha$ the flaires up by both thuabs ~ØØ Ut t their ton just