polkiore: Storieâ Prom Ex-Slaves
Paie 2 57
Three course and. ten. Can I ~et there by carnile-.11~ht? yes, if your less are ~an~ and light. ‚

	“Marse John‘s youngest son ~ot bo be a doctor. He was a good mari and helped us when we was sick.He did not gibe herbs much, but some of de oie ~o1ks used ‘life everlasting‘, nowcalled rabbit tobacco, for cure of bad colds or pneumonia. Dey boiled it and make a plaster and put it on sore places of chest • Dey used holly bush or spice bush bark, boiled to a tea and drunk for sickness.

	stDe padderrollers come in dat se~tiÖri, they rode at night arid.

if caught, a nigger, when he was out of his place, would be took in and told dat he would get 25 lashes if he was caught again. When de war was over, de Yankees went through but didn‘t bother us; but dey stold horses, mules, cow$ and supplies. when freedom come, we left theplace, ‘cause marse Johnson arid some his foikswent to Mis.. sissippi. 7~he hired out to Kirk Richards nearby.

	“De KuKiux was not a bother. Dey jus marched sometimes at ni~ht, wid long white sheets over dem and all over de horses. Dere heads were~ covered with small holes for eyes, nose and mouth, and had long White ears like a horses ears.

	“I think Abe Lincoln was a fine man, arid Jeff Davis was good too. Slaver~did good to nigger, made him careful and know how to f work.“ .~ -


SOURCE:	Mazy Johnson (85), Newberry, S.C. Interviewer: G.L. Summer, Newberry, S.C. (5/19/37)