Oklahoma ~Vrit erst Proj ect	- —2-‘ ‚	21



	Master Travis Vlright had. one son named. Sam Vîright, and after old. Master Travis Vlright aled, young ~aster Sam Wright come to be my motherts master. He jest died. a few years ago.

	My mother say dey had a nigger d.river and. ~ d whip t em all but his d.aughter. I never seen no slaves whipped., but my mother say dey had. to whip her Uncle Clarley Mills once for tell a ~story. She say he bored. a hole in de wall of de store ‘tu he bored. de hole in old. Masterts whiskey barrel, and he caught two jugs of whiskey and. buried it in de banks of de river. When old. Master found. out de whiskey was gone, he tried. to make Uncle Oharley tfess up, and. Uncle Ch~r1ey would.ntt so he brung him in and. hung him and. barely let his toes touch. After Uncle Charley thought he was going to kill him, he told. where de whiskey was.

	We d.id.ntt go to church before freed.om, land nol tcause the closest church was so far —— it was 30 miles off. But I‘m a member of the Baptist Church and. I‘ve been a member for some 40—odd. years. I was past 40 when I heerd of a Methodist Church. My favorite song is “Companion.“ I didntt get to go to school ‘til after slavery.

	I ‘member more after de ~Tar. I ‘member my mother said dey had. patrollers, and. if de slaves would get passes from de Master to go to de dances and. djd~ntt git back before ten Otciock deytd beat tern half to death.

	I used to hear !:~I talking tbOut Ku Klux Klan coming to the well to get water. They‘d draw up a bucket of w~ter and pour the water in they false stomachs. They false stomachs was tied. on tern with a big leather buckle. They‘ d. jest pour de water in there to scare ‚ em and. say, tt~hj~ is the first drink of water I‘ve had. since I left Hell.“ They‘d say all sech things to scare the cullud. folks.

	I heerd my mother say they sold slaves on what they called. an a~c~tion