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Juba~ De on].t way is ~er supoort de preacher, gib yex‘ money ter me, and I‘ll ~ take yer sins on my shoulder. An now I beseeoh yer no-1 ter leebe dis hero holy place an go round er corner, round er oorner and fergit de words yer have heered dis night. Next Wednesday e‘oenin dar will be a sarbice in his plaoe de Lord willin, but next Thrusday ebenin weffer or no. ~An now w~ will sing inti de 40-«olebent him de partiolarest meter.

Old Ebe he was de second man fur Main was de fust-..A black man‘s made ob ebony, a white man‘s made o‘dust.
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Methuselah was the oldest man, but Sampson was the strongest-.-. Cats, rats, and puppies all hab tails, but mo~kies is der longest.

	(V~hiie they wore singing the 11th verse, I took my departure.-..-B.L.)

lAUREL CO. (Perry Larkey)

	Comicerining slaves of this section of the oountry, I will quote experiences and observation of an old negro lady who was a slave, Mrs. Amelia Jones, living .. in North London, Kentucky. “Aunt £‘nelia“ as she is known around here is eighty-.eight years of age, being sixteen years of age at the close of the Civil “Nar.

	Mrs. Jones says, “I will tell as best I can remember,Iwas born eighty..

~	e ~ ~underam~~thename~ pLkawW~iite,

? he was southern republican aad was elected as oonzressmnan by that ~3arty
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~.	from Manchester, Ky. He was the son of Hugh White, the original founder
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of ~hitesberg, Ky. Master ~White was good to the slaves, he fed us well and

had good places for us to sieep, and didn‘t whip us only when it was necessary, but didn‘t hesitate to sell any of his slaves, he said, “You all belong to me and if you dont t like it ‚ ‘ I 1 put you in my pocket“ meaning of o ours e that ho would sell that slave and put the money in his pocket.

(__~ The aa~ he was. to sell the children from. their mother he would tell that

~\	m9ther .t,o. go. to ~ii~ other.p]~ac.e to do some work and in her absexioehe would .~..:.\sefl the children. It was the .Sa!aO when ho wo~ildsell amau‘s wife, he also