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	Project, 18~5—(1)	Reduced f~Zï~  *~dB
	Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
	Place, Marion, S.C.	___________________ ~
	Date, January 7, ].93B	Page 3.



	“Who dat come here wid you? Lord, dat don‘ look like no wife. How long you is been married, honey? You am‘ Bay

so. Look like you is just bloonlin, I say.“

	“Oh, I tell you, I see a heap of things in dem days, but I am‘ got my studyin cap on right now en I can‘ call up nothin right sharp. Us never know nothin bout us was gwine get free in dat day en time. Us was same as brutes en cows back dere cause us been force to go by what white man say all de time. Oh, dey would beat de colored people 80 worser till dey woul&‘ run away en stay in de swamp to save dey hide. But Lord a niercy, it never do no good to run cause time dey been find you was gone, dey been set de nigger dog on you. Yes,mam, dey had some of dese high dogs dat dey call hounds en dey could sho find you out, too. Oh, dem hounds would sho get you. Don‘ care whe‘ you was hidin, dem dogs would smell you. If you been climb up a tree, de dog would trail you right to de foot of dat tree en just

stand up en howl at you. Dey would stand right dere en hold yoù up de tree till some of de white folks been get dere en tell you to conie down out de tree. Den if you never do like dey say, dey would chop de tree down en let you fall right in de dog‘sniouth. Would let de dog bite you en taste your blood, so dey could find de one dey was ].ookin for better de next . time. Yes,rnarn, white people would let de dog gnaw you up en den dey would grease you en carry you home to de horSe