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	Ltut9fl& Creel	j~• htdr‘ Story.


from •971 1X11*rYtCW with James Children and from John bell both liv. ~ri::•; at $12 :3. 2. Fifth Street, L‘nnsviile, Indiana, :

~Ot~,fl ~ Uncle Jimmy by the many chtldren that cluster about

if.o ar:cd mart nover tirlnr cf bis stories of “When I was ~ chile.“

“Whon I nte a chile my dn5ßy nnd rrinnrrø wa~ sieves tnc~ I was a e

sL vo,“ so be$ins many rec~‘a‘nte5 thles of the Ion»; ar~o.

nom at ~ttshvi1le ~ Tennessee In the ye~tx‘ 1P60, Uncle Jinnte

ro~‘crtbei‘s tit~ Civil War drugs with the excitinr events as relnted to

1:~tci own f~‘~11y ant‘ the r~rnt o? JrrIciR Cbfldroes, his ma5ter. Ho reis

•me:nben sorrow expro~stc3 in rcrtinn toz~re when “Uncle Johnle anti Uncle :ob str !‘ted to witr. He rocvlls huppy dn.yi when the beeutiful valley

or th~~ CnntboriFnc!J was abloom with w~.ld flowers arid fertile acres were

ca:?5CteCl w~th blue zrnes.

~A beautiful view ooi~tld always be enjoyed from the b.tllaides anø

there were nnny pretty hOEtnee belonflng to tF~ rIch citizens, Sinn

!ccp b the irkwne snooth and tended the flowers for rUles arcnnd Nashville,

~	I t~~z a child . ‚ sct~.d Uncle Jitnreie. .

Uncle 3i!tlie Ohfldrene lies no know1ed~e of ht.s ?IIÊLStSR‘S hSLVIXUg

practiced cruelty towards any slave. “We was all weil fed, well clot~4 ant5 lived in rood c&ins • I never zot a cross word from Mere Zobn in

fli~~ life,“ he declared. “When the s]svee got their freedom they rej!te•t $taylnt up XflGÏti nights to stnz, drince an6 enjoy tMiwel~vos, although

•tb~~ still aepended on oltMars John LOX! food and bed, they felt too excited to work in the tiel4ø or~oere for the. stöck. They bated to

leetvs their iiœnes but M~. Children told tbem to go out . and make hoes
	to~ themselves,‘	‚	‚ ‚

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