Stories From EL-S1a~es (Dick..Look..Up~	Page 2 ~	64


	“In de houses we had conifortable home.-made beds and chairs. We had nice tables and plenty to eat. Our clothes was kept mended by a seamstress, and dese things was looked alter by one o±~ de maminies on de plantation dat was too old. to work.
	?tAh yes, well does I ‘member my Granny from ~rica, and

straight from dere, too; Judith Gist, dey named her. Dat oie lady could not work when she died, fer she was a hundred and ten years old. Dey had in de paper dat I was‘~~ • It~gives me notice to say dat I is de oldest man In Union~ounty. Can‘t ‘member any o~ my grarid!athers. Millie Gist was my mother, and aunt Judith was her mother.

	“Granny Judith said dat in Africa dey had very Lew pretty things, and dat ûey~1had no red colors in cloth, in fact, dey had no cloth at all. Some strangers wid. pale Laces corne one day and drapped a small piece of red flannel down on de ground. àll de black folks grabbed fer it. Den a larger piece was drapped~a little lurther on, and on until de river was reached. Den a large piece was drapped in de river and on de other side. Dey was led on, each one trying to git a piece as it was drapped. Finally, when de ship was reached, d~y drapped large piece8 on de plank and up into de ship ‘till dey ~ot as many blacks on board as dey wanted. Den de gate was chained up and dey could no~ get back. Dat~ is de way Granny Judith say dey got her to America. OL course she did not even know dat de pieces was red flannel, or dat she was being enticed away. Dey just drapped red flannel to dem like
us draps corn to chickens to git dem on de roost at night.