Folkiorel Stories Prom Ex-~S1aves
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Dey was raal heavy and strong. Pact, dèy was made from red flannel, and I means it was sho ‘nou~h Liannel, too. I äad done kept one o‘ mine here till times ~ot hard and den I tuck and tore it up fer me a undershirt, here past it been two winters when lt ~ot so cold.

‘tOne nicht us~ sot up a1lni~ht and kept a big fire. Next

morning it was de biggest -frost all over de ground; but us never ~ot one mIte cold.. De good white ladies of de community male our red shirts fer us. I ‘speets Marse Jimmie ken name some fér you,

	~	“I ~ot eve‘y registration ticket in my house, and I still votes allus de democratic ticket. I has longed to de Deaocratic club ever since de red shirt days and I has voted dat way all de time. I was jes‘ turn‘t seventeen when I jined de Red Shirts and. ~ot into de DemocratloClub, and I h~as been in it ever since. It
~ ~ alr~‘t gwlne out neither.	.	: ~	~

t,i sho seed Hamptonspeak from Dr.~Culp‘s porch. I voted fer

him. At dat time, I lived on de Keenan place. Marse Jimmie Young,

	he de overseer fer Mr. ICeenan. Mr. Charles Ray owns and lives on lt now. Dat brick church straight up de road from de Keenan place;

straight as a bee line . Dat whar us met most o ‚ de t line f-er de Red Shirt ~atherin~s. Our Red Shirt Club was called de ~‘Fairforest‘

club atter de Lower Pairforest white folks Baptist church. De church has allus sot on de banks o ‚ Fairforest Creek. Atter us ~ot Qr~an.~

~	ized, I used to tote our flag. I~ was de onliest darky dat toted it.

“I is done handed you a few names ; dey is all Democratic
	names. Lots of. dem ‘scapes m~t knowled€e, it has all been so loris
	~o ...~ ~.. Dar was Mr. Glimer Greer. Miss Gilmer, Blarikensh.lp what iive~
:	out 4ar, ~ she: bi.s riiec~~.. kir. John Sims ‘nother white man 1 members.
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