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8~ing foi“ interviewer by:

Mary G1ad~y, ex-slave,
806* - 6th Avènue,
Columbus, Georgia,
December 1?, 1936



OLD SlAVE CANTICLE.


My sister, I feels ~ ~y sister

I feels ‘im;

1q11 night long I‘~e been feelin

‘im;

Jest befoe day, I feels ‘im, jest be

	—foe day I feels ‘im; The spent, I feels ‘im, the spent I

feels ‘imi

My brother, I feels ‘im, my brother~ I

teels ‘im;

All night 1on~ I‘ve been feelin

	‘im,

Jest befoe day, I feels ‘im, jest

	befoe day, I feel ‘im;

Th• spent, I feels ‘imi

According to Mary Gladdy, ex-slave, 8061 - 6th Avenue, Columbus ‚ Georgi a, i t was customary among slaves during the Civil War period to secretly gather in their cabins two or three nights each week and hold prayer and

•xperienee meetings. A large, iron pot was always placed