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and chained when they carne.

	“No one on the place was taught to read or write. On Sunday the slaves who wanted to worship would gather at one of the large cabins with one of the overseers present and have their ch‘irch. After which t~t~ overseer would talk. v~hen communion was given the overseer was paid for stayini~ there with half of the collection taken up, some time he would get 25%. No one could read the Bible. Sandy Jasper, ~r. ~shbie?s coaci-urian was the preacher, he would go to the white Baptist church on ~t~nday with family and would be better informed because he heard the white preacher.

	“Twice each year, after harvest and after New Year‘s, the slaves would have their protracted meeting or their revival and after each closing they would baptize in the creek, ~‘sornetirnes in the winter they would break the ice singing Goirw to the Y~ater or some other h~cf that nature. And at each funeral, the Ashbies would attend the service conducted in the cabin v~here the deceased was, from there taken to the slave graveyard. A lot dedicated l‘or that purpose, situated about 3/4 of a mile from cabins near a hill.

	“There were a number of slaves on our plantation who ran away, some were captured and sold to a Georgia trader, othJwho were never captured. ~ To intimidate the slaves, the overseers were connected with the patrollers, not only to watch our slaves, bu± sometimes for the rewards for other slaves who had run a~y from other plantations. This feature causeU a great deal of trouble between the whites and blacks. In 1658 two white iaen were murdered near Wŕrren~ ton on the road by colored people, it was never known whether by free people or
slaves.	~ ~

	‘~1hen work was done the slaves rptired to their cabins, some played games, others cooked or rested or did ‘what they wanted. We did not work on Saturdays unless harvest times, then Saturdays were days of work, At other times, on Saturdays you were at leisure to do what you wanted. ~i Christ~ias