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Both of t em was 1‘.

	“Dey had jails in dw~ days, but dey was built for white

folks. No culiud person was ever put in one of ‘em ‘tu a±~ter de war. Us didn‘ know nothin‘ ‘bout dem things.

	“Course, Old Mie‘ knowed ‘bout ‘ein,

thing. I recouse‘ she toi‘ me one day dat she diffe‘ent languages.

	“None o‘ us didn‘ have no learnin‘ atall. Dât is us didn‘ book learnin‘. Twant no teachers or anything lak dat, but us

taught to be Çhrjstjans. ~ver‘thing on dat place was a blue

Presbyt erlen. When un‘ y e orne us dressed aU clean an‘ nice

to church. Us went to de white i‘olks‘ church an‘ set In de
‘cause she knowed ever‘-. had learnin‘ In five
. have no sho‘ was stockin‘ an‘ went gal ‚ ry.
	“Us had a fine preacher. His name was Gober. He could

	t give out de ~rds t wisdom. Us ddn‘ have big baptis ins lak was had On a heap o‘ places, ‘cause Presbyterians don‘t go down under de water lak de Ba‘ do. If one o ‚ de slaves di ed he was ‘ give a
grau‘ Christian fun‘al. All o‘ us mourners was on han‘.	Services was
conducted by de white preacher.	~

	“Old Mie‘ wouldn‘ stan‘ for no such things as voodoo an‘ ha‘nts • When she ~ ‚ spected i~ts once a week, you better not have no charm ‘roun‘ yo‘ neck, neither. She wouldn‘ even *~low us wear a bag o‘ *aefjttjdy Mos‘ folkab‘lieved dat would keep off sickness. She called such as dat superstitIon. She say us was ‘lightened Christian Presbyterians, an‘ as such us mus‘ conduc‘ ourse‘Th.

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