~x..S1ave Stories t,lstrict #5 ~anderbuTgh County
Lauafla Creel	~ Slave, Ambassador and City I~octor.

s1iad~ow8 had fallen, axagerated by the influence of tree8j and vines, and when he pl~oed his pale Lace near the window pane he t11o~ht j.~ was

the face of litt~e Dickie looking out at ii.im. His nerves gave away and he ran around the house screaming to his grandmother that he had seen Dickie‘s ghost. The old colored woman was sympathetic, dried his tears, then with tears coursing down her own cheeks she went about her duties. George firnily believed he had seen a ghost and ~never really convinced himself against the idea until he had reached the years of manhood. He re~nembers how the story reached the ears of the other slaves and they were terrorized at the suggestion of a ghost being in the mas~ ter‘s home. “That is the way superstitions always started“ said the Doc— tor, ~Some nervous persons received a wrong impression and there were

always others ready to embrace the error.“ •

Dr. Buckner remembers that when a young daughter of bis master

~	married, his sister was given to her for a bridal gift and went away

~	from her own mother to live in the young mistress‘ new home, “It always

~	filled us with sorrow when we were separated either by circumstances of

~	marriage or death. Although we were not properly housed, properly nourished nor properly clbthed we loved each other and loved onr cabin homes and were unhappy when compelled to part.“

	“There are niany beautiful spots near the Green River and our home was situated near Greensburgh, the county seat of Dreen County. The area occupied by Mr. Buckner and his relativps is located near the river and the tue anderinga of the s ta‘ e am alinos t forme d a peninsula e over ed with rich soil. Buckner‘s hthil relieved the landscape and ole~r springs bubled through crevices 8îfOrding much water for household ~sę and near those springs white arid negro children met to enjoy themselves. .

	“Forty years after I left Greensburg I went back to visit the springs

~	and try to meet my old friends .7 The friends had passed away, only a few