everyone wa~ afraid otA He was cut In two by t~ie saw mi11~ a~d~ «fter h j s ~unera1 whe~ever a~one~ae~Ièh1 s hotise at night t~t~ could heaz, his “hant“ going rat.~a.. tat‘.tat~bang ‚ bang ‚ bang‘s like feet r~uming . ~/Ö~ie night when Ike was coming home from “fiddlin ‚ „ at a white folk8 party, he had. to pass Soott‘~ hOtiS~. Now they kept the cotton seed in half of the house and the other half was empty. When ~‘got close, he made a racket and sure enou~h the noise 8tarted. “The moon was about an hour up“ and he saw these ‚~unny white things run out from under the hou8e and. scatter. It soared him at first bi~t he looked and looked and saw they were sheep that (sound a hole into the cotton seed a~ would go in at night to eat. .

Before the war the negi~oes had a big celebration on the 4th o:~ July, a big barbecue, ball same, wrestling matches, lots o~ music and singing. They had to have a • pass from their Masters to attend and pay to get in. The “patta—roll“ caine by ~to see your pass and 1! you.
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After he came to Blanton‘s, ~ey~~cou.ld come and go as theypleasedThrthey were free. f~ke has been a member

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