Oklahoma Writers1 Project
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I do believe in voodoo like this: People can put propositions up to you and fool you. Don‘t believe in ghost. Tried to see ~em but I never could.

;	Old master did&t turn my father loose and tell tem we was free.

They didn‘ t turn us ~loo se . ~ t il they got the second threat from President
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Lincoln. Good old Lincoln; they we4nt nothing like ‚ im. Booker T. Washington

was one of the finest Negro ~ducators in the world, but old Jefferson Davis was against the cullud man.

	I think since slavery is all over, it has been a benefit to the cullud man. He‘s ~ot more freedom now.