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being whipped, but I never was and I did. not see any of the others get punished. Yes, there was a jail on. the plantation where slaves had to go if they wouldn‘t behave. I never saw a slave in chains but I have seen colored men in the chain gans since the war. ~

	“VIe had a negro church in town and slaves that could be trusted could go to church. It was a Methodist Church and we sang negro spirituels.

	“We could go to the funeral of a relative and quit work until it was over and then went back to york. There was a graveyard on the plantation.

	“A lot of slaves ran away and if they were caught they were brought back and put in the stocks until they were sold. The master would never keep a runaway slave. We used to have fights with the ‘white trash‘ son~etimes and once I was hit by a rock throwed by a white boy and that‘s what this lump on my head is.

	“Ye s ‚ we had to work every day but Sunday . The slave s did not bave any holidays. I did not have time to play games but used to watch the slaves sing and dance after dark. I don‘t remember any stories.

	“When ‘t he s lave s h eard t hey h ad been set free ‚ I remember a la t of them were s o rry and did not want to leave the plantat io n • No ‚ I neye r heard of
any i n our s e et ion ge tt ing any mule s ~ or land .	.	‚ ~

	“I do rexn~nber the ‘night riders‘ that come through our country after the war. They put the horse shoes on the horses backwards and wrapped the horses feet iii burlap so we couldn‘t hear then coming. The colored folks were deathly afraid of these men and would all run and hide when they heard they were coming. These ‘night riders‘ used to steal everything the colored people had - even their ‘cede ànd straw ticks.

	“Right after the war I was brought north by Mr. Bubns I spoke of, and for a short thile I worked at the milling trade in Tiffin and caine to Canton