project 1885-d
	Folklore	~dited by:
	SDartaflbUrp, Dist.4	. . ~1rner Turriage	L‘
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Jan. 19, 19
	.	‚	STORIES PROM EX-SLAVES

	‘~Yes, I ‘member slavery time acid de war. I was about 7 c:-‘ 8 years old. I beiori~ed to i~iarse Torn Price. My ±ather, John James, belonged to I\~adison Brooks arid my mammy belonged to Tom Price. When dey married dey lived wid j~~adison Brooks awhile, out dey was wid Torn ‚.:Jrice when I was a boy. O
?tO:1~ cose I ‘member de war. Us chaps, both nig~‘ers and

vvhite, was made to go upstairs in de big house a~d look out de window to see de soldiers when dey come. ~ie heard de Yànkees marching be±~o‘
î	dey. ~ot dar, but dey conte from de other side ot de house, £acin€
î south towards Caidwells, ana we didn‘t see dem marching in. Dey
sto~)Jed at our house and looked around and asked if marster was at

home. ~Ne told him dat he wasn‘t dar. We was eating ap~les, and dey asked us~whar we ~ot ‘em. We told dem dat we ~ot de apples on de place, and dey asked us Lor some. We give denk some apoles; den dey left. 1~arse had carried his fine stock about a mile off in de woods so de soldiers couldn‘t find dem; but we didn‘t tell ~e soldiers.

	“We lived in a little log cabin made wid mud between de logs, dat was de kind or houses Marse h~ad ±~or his slaves. We slept on wood beds wid ropes stre~‘hed tight across in place of slats. Dis held our straw mattress.

	“Ivly father‘s daddy oome from Africa. His name was Emmanuel James. Atter freedom come he give me a little yearling. We wasn‘t allowed to have anything befo‘ freedom come; and we wasn‘t allowed to learn to read and write. Dey whipped us 1±~ dey caught us vvid a book trying to read or write. Ma said dey cut off a hand i1 dey caught you.