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	An. interview with Blount 1~ker, 106 Spruce Street, Wilson, ~rth Carolina . .


	ttYes‘um, I ‘longed ter Marse Henry Allen of 1~11son County an‘ we always raise terbacker. Marse Henrywus good ter us so we had a heap of prayer meetin‘s an‘ corn shuckin‘s
	ant such.	. ‚/

	“1 ‘members de big meetin‘~ dat we‘d have in de sun~ner tune an‘ dat good singin‘ we‘d have wh~n we‘d he singin‘ de sinners through. Wetd stay pretty nigh all night to make a sinner corne through, an‘ maybe de week atter de meetin~ he‘d steal one of his marster‘s hog~~ Yes‘urn, I‘se had a bad time. ~

ttYQU know ‚ mis sy ‚ dar am ‚ t no ~ use puttin‘ faith in nobody,

Jey‘d fool you ever time anyhow. I know once a patteroller toi‘ me dat iffen I‘d give him a belt I found dat he‘d let me go by ter see my gal dat night, 1~t when he kotch nie dat night he whupped me. I toi‘ tarse Henry on him too so ~rse Henry takes de belt away from him an‘ gives me a.possuxn fer hit.

Dat possum shore wus good too, baked in de. ashes like I done it. UI ain‘t never hear Marse Henry cuss but once an‘ dat wus

de time dat some gentlemens come ter de house afl~ sez dat dar am a war ‘twixt de north an‘ de south. ~ie sez den, ‘Let de

..	dacirn~yaller bellied Yankees come on an~ ~ give ‘em i~iell .~ an ~ sen‘ dem a-thoppth ‚ back ter de north in a hurry .‚



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