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one does and says “not In the name a1~ the Master‘“.I The holy coimt~and, “Wbatever—y. do, dű it~1n My ~neme ‚~ ~:‚~ is ~bjeoted to

soizie very unorthodox interpretations by many members of the colored race. Indeed, by their peeuiiar interpretation of this command ‚ it I s e stabi.ished that “two clean sheets e en ‚ t smut“ ‚ whi oh i~ ans tim t a devout man an d ~ may indulge 1 n the primal p assi on wi thout committing sin.

The old man rather boasts of the fact that he received a number or whippings when a slave : says he now knows that he t e served them, “an th o ut t eW‘, he would have no doubt “been hung ‚ rore he w~iz thutty years ois.“

~	Among the very old slaves whom he knew as a boy were quite a

few who~ the Negroes looked up to, respected, and feared as witehes, wizzards, and magic-workers. These either brought their

“learnin“ with them from Africa or absorbed lt froze their 1mmediate African forebears. Mentally, these people wern‘t brilliant, but highly sensitized, anil Rias gave ~aU sich“ es wide a berth as opportunity permitted him, though he knows “dat dey bad sec ret doms an~ ~ carry1ng-~ons“ . In t ru~th ‚ had the Southern Whites not curbed the mumbo.‘~aboism of his people, he is of the opinion that it ~uld not now be safe to step “out his doe at ~ght“.

Incidentally, Bisa Body is more fond of rabbit than &ny other