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ttWhO preached for you. all?“	.

	“b~T uncle, Jefferie Pendergrass, mother‘s brother. If colored people want preacher prei~.ch ‚he go in dere and made de children he quite~and preach a nice s e rxnon and have watch ni ght but not ~ in de church.“

	“Do you know any spirituals?“

n ~ forgets dem things . I • us e to be good. s inger but I am ‚ t got no teeth.

I ain‘t been looking fer dis. If you hadn‘t coine,I‘d been gone.“ “Where would you have gone?“

“Just to v‘ralk about. All gone to de fie id and de children s o bad.“ “Tell about baptizing.“ ~ “Baptized by de white people.“ ~ .

“Did the slaves run away to the North?“

	“I ain‘t know ‘bout dat.“

	ttWhat about patrollers?“


	“No patarollérs. Have to get tioket~rliip dem if dey didn‘t get it. Colored people domore than white people ~a11aw.. Caused dein to whip dem. My- sister, my sister—1n-law and girl went and tell dora dey gwine have play in white kitchen. ~ir. SamFultcn boss wouldn‘t go to war. My sister, sister.-in..l~w run up in de 1 oft and te 11 dean c orne down and dey c orne dowfl and jump off de window and land

•in	de mud hole wid dere best dress on. 1~r. Fulton let dem have it in de quarters~ “Did you hear of any trouble between the master and the slaves?“

	“My grari~xnotherwent off and wouldn‘t come back. She write:that she get .. - everyday what she o ôuld get fer Sunday.“ -

“Did you - work on Saturday evenings ? „	-

	“Some of de i~hite people made dem work on Saturday evening. I had a uncle when white people come by going to church he hoeing his rico. Dey didn‘t

S	want him work on Sunday. ]~iss Elizabeth Gamble tell dem he gwine to chop his rice ~ on Sunday.“ . ~
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