h~r~i‘7 i~1and, exu.slave.	6.


	r.	~oxton wa~ different trcin ec~me of the •lbYS cwners jfl th~it he gave the Le ~ ~ each family apendin~ r~ioney (~t ~IrietLm~-X8 time the an~ount varyin~ witt~ the size or tLc~ faintly.

.	~ ~en the ‘lvii ~ar w~e begun t~ie r!f~ter eeemed to be worried all txie time etatee

~ 2. ~ “Mo w~ s atxt~1d t.ri~t ~5 wc~uld be treed and ttien tie wou1~i t~z~ve to i3re tie to . ~1 %~fl S
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~	h~:3n asked to dseoribe his fe~ iw~e about t~ie ~r an~i the ~oaeibility of ~1e being

fr~.ed ‚ ~ ~r. ~31and &ti d t~l~ t he had no pa rtioular feeling of &~tidnoae a t a il. The c~utourr~e ~)f tr~~ ‘~nr did not iflt(~1‘Eat ~ at all ~eoause ~r. ~oxton ~e 8~~Ch ~ good ~ste. ~ie fldn‘t oare whett~er h~ was freed or not. dis r~1low slaves felt the same way.

~1 ~en ~fle: ~uan an~1 t~e Yii~ kees wer ~rci~iiig ttirough they took aU. 01‘ the live stork

~	b‘~t b3t;Lered noti~ing eise. Tne b~41dings oil trio adjoining plantation were ai]. ~uraed.

~	~ a:~1l 8~(iii~i8h took place about 2 miles ~#ay f~rc~i ~r. Coxton‘s plantation w~ien the

~	Y: ;~k~ee ~nd ~onfeder&te met. Mr. Coxton‘s two eons took pert in the war.

~r. 3iand was taken by L~hern~n‘e eriny to ~avam~h and then to ~oon. lie says tri~t ~? ~W President Jeff Dav*e give up hi ~ sword to eneral ~ her~n in surrender.

	~ fter tne war ~r. Co~ton was still ‘~~ll off in a~ite of the f~tct tri~ t he kibd boat ~uite ~I oit O~ lflOflO7 t~ ~1 F9‘.ilt 3f the war. ~ie ~vod a gre~t ae~i of :~ie e ~iah by br.iri‘ it ~h(~L ~t1S1“fl~fl carne tnrougb. Tao ~ttle might h vo been saved il r~e (mr. i3j~nc~ c;~ ~ iLiV€~ driven then into the ‘~oo~a before fl~ wL~ seen by ao:~e of the soldiers.

t ttiC close of the war ~r. Uoxton intorr~a1 aU. tt4e al~ves that tr~ey were fr~e to g

~~r: t~eI wiehed, but t~ey all retuaed to leave. ~Oe~ Of them died on ti~e rlantetion.

-~ ~ nd says t~*t ~ien ~e becaï~e of‘ a~c Ida torrncr ~ ate: ~vc iii~n a ~ag3ii~ t“~o mules

a ~. ~ t;~au ~ (~nd ten i~.

	r.	~1~iM t~Links tria t ol~i ag~ i~ a eharacteric$i~ lii ~AiS fanily. ~is ~~fld~LOtht~g ~L ~. to be lib yo~ir ol~ and m~i~ mother 107 ie~rs old. ~lt~3u~h in xiia ~iU‘e, ~r, il~nd !: ~. a1:~o.t rerTh~t ~ioture of ~ealth. i~e ti:~ks t~t r~e *111. live to bec~ne at ~aat l,._ .~‘rs old .~eoauae XAe i3 &~C1I1€ to C3 t~Uc t~ live a~ ~ a lire aS ~e tà~5 iii the