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	“My father negleoted his own education as well as his children. He could not read himself. He did not teach any of his children to read, of which we in later years saw the advantage.

	“In Carroll County there were so many people who were Union men that it was dangerous for whites in some places to say they were Rebels. This made the colored and white people very friendly.

	“Pap was given holidays when he wanted. I do not lmow whether he worked on Saturdays or not. On Sunday we went to church.

	“My father was owned by a man by the name of !~rir. Dorsey. My mother was bound out by Mr. Dorsey to a man by thé narrte of Mr. Norris of Frederick County.

	“I have never heard of m~ny ghost stories, But I believe once, a conductor on the railroad train was killed and headed ~‚ beheaded~ ‚ and after that, a ghost would appear on the spot where he was killed. Many people in the neighborhood saw him and people on the train often saw him when the train passed the spot where he was killed.

	“So far as being sick, we did not have any doctors. The poor white

could not afford to hire one, arxl the colored doctored themselves with herbs, teas and salves made by themselves‘.‘