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In Prestonsburg, Kentucky one may see on the streets neat looking colored ~a1s leading or wheeling young white children along. Folk say this is why so niany southerners leave out their R‘s and hold on to the old superstitions, they‘ve had a colorod marna for a nurse—maid.

	Adûiii Gearhoai‘t was a sportsman and used negro Jockeys. Hj5 best jockey, Dennis, was sold to I~org. Clark, John‘s Greek. The old race track took in part of the east end of the presont I~restonsburg —— from Gearheart‘s home East in 1~Iayo‘s 1~ottom one mile to Kelse hollow ~— JiIrLTrIjO Davidson now1 lives at the beginning of the old track, near ~~aple Street. ~Mike Tarter of Tennessee, Gearheart‘s son—in—law brought horses from Tennescee and ran thorn hero. Tarter was a promoter and book—maker also. Penny J. Sizemor~ and Morg. Clark were other sportsmen. This was as early as 1840 up to the Civil War.

	Slaves were traded, bought and sold between owners just as domestic animals are today. Where one owned only a fow servants with no families they lived in the big house -- otherwise in Slave quarters, little cabins nearby.

	Billy Slone just had two female servants, he bought them in Virginia 15 years old, for ~l,OOO.OO sound.

	Many folk went over to 1R. Sterling or Lexington to auctions for trading servants. (The same manner is used trading stock today).

	Slave traders came into the county to buy up slaves for the Southern

~	plantations, and cotton or sugar fields —— Slave fe~ailies were very frequently ~rated, some members mean, theiving, or running away niggers were sold

	( first) down the river. Sometimes good servants were sold for the price, the ~ master being in a financial strait or dire need of money. Traders handcuffed

their servants purchased, and took them by boat or horse-back down the river or over inVirginia andCarolina~bacco fields.

	Good s ervant s were usually ~v~ti 11 t reated and not over—worked • Mean or o ontrary s ervaÙts were whip~ d, or punished in other ways . Run-sways were hu.uted —— dogs being used to track them at times.