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	to t eke dis au‘ ‘ milk an‘ honey.	But how us gwlne a-take lan‘ what ‚ a
	already been took?	~

	“I sho‘ amt never hear‘d. ‘bout rio plantations bein‘ ‘vidéd up, neither. I hear“d a lot o‘ yaller Niggers spoutin‘ off how dey was gwine a-take over de white folks‘ lan‘ for back wages. Dem bucks jus‘ took aU dey wages out in talk. ‘Cause I amt never seen no lan‘ ‘vided up yet.

	“In dem days nobody but Niggers an‘ *shaw1.~trop folks voted. Q,uality folks didIL‘ have nothin‘ to do wid such truck. If dey had a-wented to de Yankees woulda‘ a-let ‘e~n. My old marster didn‘ vote au‘ if any~ body knowed what was what he did. Sense didn‘ count in dem deys . It was pow‘ful ticklish times au‘ I let votin‘ alone.

	“De shawl—strop folks what come lxi to take over de country t us dat us had a right t o go t o all de balls ‚ church meet in ‚ s ‚ an‘

‘tainments de white folks give. But one night a bunch o‘ uppity Niggers went to a ‘tainment in Memorial Hall. Dey dressed dey~ef‘s fit to kill an‘ walked down de aisle an‘ took seats in de very front. ~ut jus‘ ‘bout

time dey got good set down, de curtain *~app~d an‘ de white folks *rjz up widout a-sayin‘ airy word. Dey marched out de buildin‘ wid dey chins up an‘ lef‘ dem Niggers a-settin‘ in a empty hail.

“Dat ‚ S de way lt happen ever ‚ t irne a Nigger tried to git too uppity. Dat night after de breakin‘ up o‘ dat ‘tainmeut, de Kloo Kiuxes

*rld th‘ ough de lan‘ • I hear‘ d dey grabbed ever‘ Nigger what walked down dat aisle ‚ but 1 ~ amt ~ hear ‚ d yet what dey done wid ‚ em.

	“Dat seine thing happened ever‘ time a Nigger tried to act lak he was white.

~	*C~pet baggers *rode 9

*d~ropped

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