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to i~ • Will Fuller . People thought the slave ought to have left it to his sister but he left it to Mr. Will. 1/ir. Fuller ~ives part 0± it to the ex-slaves sister each year. Mr~ Will always helped the Ne.~~roes out wh~n he could. He wus good to Dick ana Dick bicAlister gave him all his be1ongin~s when he ăied.
ttThe Yankees came through F~~yetteville wearing

1ar~‘e blue coats with capes on them. Lots of‘ them were mounted, arid there were thousands of foot soldiers. It took them several days to get through town. The Southern soldiers retreateci and then in a few hours the Yankees covered the town. They busted into the smokehouse at marster~s, took the meat, mealand. other provisions. ~randmother pled with the Yankees but it did no good. They took all they wanted. They said. if they had to come again they would take the babies from the cradles. They told us we were all free. The Negroes begun visiting each other in the cabins and became so excited they began to shout and pray. I thought they were all crazy.

	“We stayed right on with znarster • He had a town ho use and a big house ~ on the plantati on • I went to the town house to work, but mother and grandmother stayed on