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.	~ Yes sir, they, my pappy and ma~nrny, was just smuggled in dis part of de

world, I bet yOut

~ . “War cQme On, my inarster went out as a captain of de Horse ~arines.


A tune was rm~ch sung by de white folks on de place and. took wid de ~ niggers.

It wert lak dis:	~

.~	tI‘m Captain Jenks of do torse Marines


I feed ~fC~j horse on cor~n and beans.
	Oht Itrn Captain Jenk~ of de Horse Marines	_
	.	And captain in de army ~	~ ~

	tty~hefl de Yankees corne they seem to have special vengeance for nry white


folks . They töok everything they could carry off and burnt e~ery~hing they couldn‘t carry off. ~

	“Mistress and de ohillun have to go to Chester to git a place to sleep and eat, wid ~ De niggers just lay troiii~.d de place ‘tu master rode in, after de war ‚ on. a hor se ; him have. money and fr iends and git things goint

agin. I stay on dore ‚ tu ‚ 76 • Then I come to Wiruisboro :and git a job as : section hand laborer on de railroad. Out of d~e Lust r~ioriey,~(I git paid off


~‚ de pay train then; company run a special pay train out of Columbia to~CharlOtte.


: They stop at every~ station and. pay de hands o~f at de rear end of de train in cash) ‚ Well ‚ as I was a sayin‘ ~ Out de Lust money, I bu.ys me a red shirt arid dat 1~1ovember • I votes and de Lust vote I put in de bo~ was for Governor Wade

HamptOn‘. Dat was de Lust big thing I doxie a. ~

	..	~De uext big thing I done WB.S fall ‘in lov~e w~d IVlary Wylie. ~ Pat come‘ tbout on ~e ~eOOitd pay day. De other nigger gals say her ~narry me~ for my
monel bu~t I never ha~fe be1~ie~d ~.t. White ~&1.GS do dat ~	~

~	~ a bLueg~U~ ~i~er ~a1, aU vrool ~m de top of Iter he~
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