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I know ‘bout dem Kloo Kiuxes. I had to go to co~t one time to testify ‘bout ‘em. One night after us had moved to Tuscaloosa dey come after my step—daddy. Whilst my ma an‘ de res‘ went an‘ hid I went to de door. I warnt scared • I says ‚ ‘Marster Will ‚ amt dat ‘ He say ‚ ‚ Sho „ it ‚ s me. Whar‘s yo‘ daddy?! I toi‘ ‘lin dat he‘d gone to town. Den~ dey head out for ‚ im. In de meantime my ma she had started out ‚ too • She warned him to hide, so dey didn‘ git ‘lin. -

	“Soon after dat de Yankees he].‘ a trial in Tuscaloosa. Dey carried me • A man hei ‚ me up au ‚ made me p ‚ mt out who it was dat o orne to our house. I say, ‘Dat‘s de man, atht it Marster Will?‘ He couidn‘ say “NO“, ‘cause he‘d toi‘ me twas him dat night. Dey put ‘em in jail for si~ months an‘ give ‘ein a big fine.

	“Us moved from Tuscaloosa while I was still a young girl an‘ went to Pickensville, A.labexna. Us stayed dar on de river for awhile an‘

den moved to Columbus, Mississippi. I lived dar ‘tu I was old ‘nough to git out to myse‘f.

.	“Den I come to Aberdeen an‘ married Sam Baker. Me an‘ $atn done well. He ~iade good money an‘ us bought dis very house I lives in now. Us never had no chiliwi, but I was lef‘ one by a cousin o‘ mine what died. I raised her lak she waa my own. I sont her to school an‘ ever‘thing. She lives in Chicago now an‘ wants me to come live wid her. But shucks I What would a ol d wc~nan lak me do in a plac e lak dat?

	“I amt got nothin‘ lef‘ now ‘cept a roof over my head. I wouldn‘ have dat ‘cept for de President o‘ de United States. Dey had loaned me some money to fix up de house to keep it from ‘ down on me. . Dey said I‘d have fifteen year to pay it back in. Now course, I
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