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	PL~r oie bsok i~ bent ovah from the quick-tempered blows feld b~r the r.d.‘head.d Miss Burton.
	‘At dinner time one day when the ohurnint wasn‘t finished for the

noonday meal‘ ‚ she said with an angry b ok that must have been reborn in n~J~

ma3nrny‘ s eyes ~— eyes ti*t were din~ned by years and hard livin‘ ‚ ‘three white women beat me from ang$~‘beoause they had no butter for their bieouitß and cornbread. Miss ~urton uaed a heavy board while the inissue uaed a whip. While I was on my knees beggin‘ them to quit1 Misa Burton hit the email of n~h back with the heavy board. Ah knew no more until kind Mr. Hamilton, who was staying with the white folks, brought me iXIZLdB the cabin and brought me around with the camphor bo~tt1e. Ah‘ll always thank him ~ God bless him - he picked me up where they had left me like a dog to die in the blazin‘ noonday sun.

	VAfter xi~.h baok was broken it was doubted whether ah would evah be

able to work again or not. Ah was placed on the auction block to be bidded
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for 80 mah owner could see if ah was worth anything or not. One ~a.n bid $1700.

after puttin‘ two dirty fingaha in my mouth to see n~r teeth. Ah bit him and his face showed angah. He then wanted to ~n me so he could punish me.

	‘Thinkin‘ hie bid of $1700 was official he unstrapped his bug~r whip to beat me, but n~r mastah saved me. ~r i~ster declared the bid unofficial.

	‘At this auction ~r sister was sold for $1900 and was never seen b~ï

us again.‘

	“w mother related some experiences she had with the Paddy-Rollers, later ‘called the “Kukiux“, these Paddy.Rollers were a constant dread to the

Negroes • They would whip the poor darlœye unmercifully without az~y cause.

One night while the Negroes were gathering for a big party and dance the~r got wind of the approaching PaddyimBollers in large nwnbera on ho*sebaok, The Negro men ~id not knmr what to c~ for PrOt00ti0~, th5~J became desperate and decided to gath.~. a q~antit~r of grapevines and tied them fast at a dark place in the