Cod.e 1~o.	No. Word.e________
Project, i885~41) ‚	Réduoed fi&  *~r~
Prepared. by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by~
Plaoe, Marion, S.C.	___________________
Date, June 9~ 1937	.	Page 2.	~	338


flowers. Miss Dnrant give me aw dem d.ahlia what yi~ see in d.at yard right dere. Dat how I ge‘ wha‘ little bit uv moue y I hab d.e s e day e n t . Dem whi te fol k8 Up de re in town comes d~own heah en begs era from me.“

	“Dey tel]. nie some uv de peoples get t1Øflg good. en d.en some uv dem get t10~ bad. back dere in slavery day. Dont care how good. peoples is d.ere eho‘ be ~0~T~j~j de crowd. s orne UT de t ime • De y e ay e orne u y de o 01 o re d. pe cpi e S ~ ran~ ‘way from d.ey Massa en hid.e in de wood.e. Den d~ey slip back to de plantation in de night en get green corn outer d.e white folks field en carry em back in de wooci.s en cook em d.e re • I he a r T om B o s ti ok tel 1 ~ ~ out whe n he ran ~ way one time. Say he ude‘er run ‘w~~y en hide in d.e wood.e aw d.e time. Den d.e o‘erseer ketch him one time when he been come back en wuz grabblin‘ ‘b~t de tatoe patch. Say he

gwinna make Tom Bostiok stay outer de wood.s ur kill him tfore sun up d.at day. Tom say dey take him down ‘Bjd.e de

woods en strip he clothes ofien him. (I hear em say dere plenty people bury down ‘side dem woods dat dere ein‘ nobody know ‘bout) . Den he say dey tie him to uh tree en take uh fat light‘ti~d torch en le‘ &e jttioe.&ra~ ou4er it right on he naked body. lie say he holler en he beg en he ax em hab me ray but dat ne ‚ e r d~dxi‘ t d.o no g o od. • He mock how de tar make uli racket ~ when it d~mp on he skin. Yuh