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	“And you say the woman went to visit him?”
	“Yes, Ma’m. De woman would go dere in de woods wid him. Finally one
night when he was outer de swamp he had to lie hidin’ in de ditch all night,
cross from de nigger hospital. Den somebody crep’ up and shot him, but he
didn’t die den. Dey cay’ed his crost to de hospital and he die three days
later.”
	“What about church? Did you go to church in those days?”
”Yas’m, we used to go to town. But de padderolas wus ridin’ in dem
days, and you couldn’t go off de plantachun widout a pass. So my boss he
build a brick church on de plantachuhn, and de D’Laigles build a church on dere’s.”
	“What happened if they caught you off without a pass?”
	“If you had no pass dey ca’y you to de Cote House, and your marster hadder
come git you out.”
	“Do you remember anything about the Yankees coming to this part of the
country?”
	At this her manner became quite sprightly, as she replied, “Yas’m, I seen
‘em comin’ down de street. Every one had er canteen on he side, a blanket on
his shoulder, caps cocked on one side de haid. De cavalry had boots on and
spurros on de boots. First dey sot de niggers free on Dead River, den dey
come on here to sot us free. Dey march straight up Broad Street to de Planters’
Hotel, den dey camped on Dead River, den dey XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX camped on
de river. Dey stayed here six months till dey sot dis place free. When dey
campin’ on de river bank we go down dere and wash dey clo’es fer a good price.
Dey had hard tack to eat. Dey gib us de hard tack and tell us to soak it in
Water, and fry it in de meat gravy. I ain’t taste nothing so good since.
Dey say, ‘Dis hard tack whut we hadder lib on while we fightin’ to sot you free.”