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	;\..	Charlie ~iug~-~S1ave ~
		       Interviewed


Charlie was born In Sandtown, (now Woodbu~ry) ~4eriwether Coirnty, Georgia, ~erI~apaeiàhty.$ive or a1x)~ears ago, He does not know his exact age because his “age got burned up“ ~ ~ ~ ~ when the hou~se in which ha parents lived was burned to the ground~e&~a~&~o.

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The old xr~n‘~s parents, Ned and ann. King, we*e—~eve~--~f sir.
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J~o1Ln King ‚ who owned)~ a big plantation near Sandt own, ~

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Ch8~r1ie‘8 parents were married by the “broom stick ceremony.“ The Master and 1~istrea8 were present at the wedding. The broozn was laid down on. the floor, the couple held each other‘a hands and stepped backward over It, then the ~aster told the crowd that the couple were n~n and wife.


This narria€e lasted for over fifty years and they “allus treated each other right.“


Charlie said that all the “Niggers“ on “oie Master‘ s place had to work, even chillun over seven or eight) years of age.