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“Atter de surrender we stayed on an‘ went through

de Ku Klux scare ~ I know dat de Ku fluxes went ter a

nigger dance one night an‘ whupped all of de dancers. 01e

ï:~rster Berry wuz mad, case he am ‚ t sont fer ‘em at all

an‘ he doan want dem •

.	~Sebera1 years atter de war mammy ~ married John

Curtis in de Baptist church at Augusta, an‘ rite an‘ Dennis seed de ceremony. I pulled a good one on a white feller ‘bout dat onet. He axed me if I knowed dat my pappy an‘ mami~r wuz married ‘fore I wuz born.ed. I sez ter him dat I wonder if he knows whar his namn~r ~t pappy wuz married when he wuz bornéd.

	“We corned ter Raleigh ‘fore things wuz settled atter de war, an‘ I watches de niggers livin‘ on kush, co‘nbread, ‘lasses an‘ what dey can beg an‘ steal frum de white folkses. Dem da~ys shore wuz bad.“