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Grečr~aboro, Ga., and. the Willis plantation. I~n one ooesaion1 they took all the best horses and. mules and. left theirs whickt were broken down and worn from travel. ~ They also aearek~eä~ tor moneyherval~bleD~ixg t~i1s periol a sail wagon

f~?oke down in the creek and water soon eovere~ it. When the (~ water fell, negroes trom the Willis plantation found sacks of

money aM hid it. One ~aor~ipalou~s Negro betrayed. the others; ra the r than give ba ek the money ‚ n~ny r an. away frofl the vi ci ni ty. Isaiah‘s Uncle managed. to keep hi~ money btit ~ the Ku Klux Klan learned that he was one of the group. One night t$y kidnaped and carried him to the woods where they pinned hi~ to the groui~, 8et tk~ d~y leaves on fire, and left him. In tI~ group he recognized his master‘s son Jimmie. As tate would

	~	hare it the leaves burned in plaoes and. went out. By twisting a little he maśged to get loose, but foar~. that hie feet were ? ba dly burned • La ter ‚ when be confront ed the mas ter with the

facts, Col. Willis offered to pay him it he would not mention the fact that hisson Jimmie was mixed. ap in it, and he sent the n~n to a hospital to have his b~irns treated. In the e~, all of his toes had to be amputated.

\— Another time, the Yankees visited the Willis plantation and offered Green a stick of candy if he wo~ild tell them where the master hid his whiskey. Isaiah ignoraatly ~e the inform mation. The leader of the tro~ps then blew his trwnpet ar~. hie sen came from every direction. H. gave orders that they search for an underground cellar. Very soon they fouiid the well-stocked hiding place. The troops drank as much as they wanted and invited the slaves to help then~elves. Later, when Col. Willis arrived and the ~ietrč8a, who was furious, told bi~
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