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	Fore de 8laVeS *ere sold dey were put in a cell place tu next day w1~n dey would be sold. Uncle Marshall ~nd Douglas were sold and I remember dem handcuffed but I nver saw dem on de auction block.

	I never knew nothin‘ bout de Bible til after I Was free. I went to school bout three months. I was 19 or 20 years old den.

	My uncle Bill heard dey were goin‘ to sell him and he run away. He went north and cum back after de surrender. He died in Bluement, Virginny, bout tour years ago.

	After de days work dey wouN have banjo pickin ‚ ‚ s in~in‘ and dane in ‚ . Dey work all day Saturday and Saturday night those dat~hed wives to see would go to see dem. On Sunday de would sit around.

	When Massa was shot my mother and dein was i‘•

	When élaves were sick one of the marnmies would look after dem and dey would call de doctor if she couldn‘t fix de sick.

	I remember de big battle dey fought f~or four days on de plantat ion ‚ That was de battle of‘ Bull Run. I heard shootin‘ and saw soldiers shot down. It was one of de worst tights è~ de war. It was right between Blul Ridge and Bull Run mou~tain. De ~noke from de shootin‘ was just like a fog I saw horses and men runin‘ to de fight at~I men~shot off de horses. I heard de cannon roar and saw de locust tree cut otf in de yard. Some of de bullets smashed de houe e. De apple tree where my massa was shot from was in de orchard not far from de house.

De Union Soldiers won de battle and deycaniped right by de house. Dey helped
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deiaselves to de chickens and cut their heads off wid their swords. Dey broke into de cellar and took wine and. preserves.

	After de war I worked in de cornfdeld. Dey pay my mother for me in food end clothes. But dey paid my mother money ~or workin‘ in de kitchen.

	De slaves were awful glad bout de surrender.

.	De Klu K‘ux Klan, we called dem de paroles ‚ dey would run de colored people,
who were out late ‚ back home • I know no school or church or land. for negroes.