Foreat U. Le•a	‚une 10, 193?.	Medina County
		District ~5 104
C.	R. McLean, Superviaor	Paie 3
		TopiS-240-Folklore



Now you bettah be ca~efu1 or I get you.“

	“SIio I saw alaves 801e. Da come irom all ovah to buy an sell de slaves, chillun. to oie men and wou~n.“

	“De slaves walk end travei with earts and mules.“

	“De slaves on aukshun block dey went to highes bidder. One colored woman, all de men want her. She sold to de master who was de highes bidder, and den I saw her coroin down de road strigin ‘I done ~ot a home at las ! ‚ . She was half crazy. De ma8te he sole her and den Mrs . buy her back. They 1sf her work around de house. I used to inakeher work and make her shine things. She say I make her shine too much, but she haff crazy, an run away.“

	“No dey dithi help colored folks read and write. Zffn dey saw you wit a book dey knock it down on de Ibloor. ]~y wouldn let dem learn.“

	“De aukshun alius held at Richmond. Plantashun owners come from all 8tates to buy slaves afld sell them.“

	“We had church an h&1 to be dere every single Sunday. We read de Bible. De preacher did the readin. I can‘t read or write. We sho had good prayer meetins. Show nut it was a Baptis church. I like eney spiritual, &ll of dem.“

	“Dey batize all de young men anc3. women, colored folks. Dey sing nos any spirtual, none in paticlar. X bell toll foh a funeral. ~‚t de baptizen do de pracher leads dem into de rivah, way in, den each one he stick dem clear under. I waz ~~onna be batize and couidi. Eva time sompin happin an I couldn. My ole n~thah tole me I gotta be but I never did be baptize when lee young in de south. De othah people betoh me all batized.“