Code No.	No. Words______
Project, 1~85—(i)	Reduced fromlTworda
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, S.C.	____________________
Date, December i6, 1937	fige 6.



carry dein along to ~ee how to ~alk en drive de wagon to

haul de body. Yes, child, I been here long enough to see find
all dat in slavery time. All bout in dese woods, you can/

plenty of dem slavery.graires die day en time. I Can tell bout whe‘ dere one now. Yes ‚maui, dere one right over yonder to de brow of de hill gwine next to Mr.Claussens. Can tell dem by de head boards dere. Den some of de time, dey would just drop dem anywhe‘ in a hole along side de woods sotnewlie‘ cause de people dig up a skull right out dere in de woods one day en it had slavery mark on it, ~.ey say. Right over dere cross de creek in dem big cedarS, dere another slavery~ graveyard. People gwine by dere could often hear talk en Couldn‘ never see nothin, ào dey tell me. ~ Hear, urn ~ urn urn, ~nwould hear babies cryin all bout dere, too. No‘urn, can‘ hear dem much now cause dey bout to be wearin out. I tell you ‚ I t S scared every time I go along dere • Some of dem die wicked, I say.“ -



Source:	Ryer Ernnianuel, colored, age 7~, Claussens, S.C.

~	Personal interview by Annie Ruth Davis, Dec., 1937.