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	Spartanburg Dist.4	390085	Elmer Turna~e
	May 25, 1937
	STORIES OP EX.~SLÂVES

	“I was born in Nevvbérry County, near the Laureris County line, above Ohappells Depot. My Lather and. mother were Torn and Prancis Scurry arid belonged as slaves to the Drury Scurry family. Dr. Drury Scurry bought them from Col. Cooper 0± Laurens County. He was a fine man and mighty good to ~is slaves. I worked around the house as a boy, and in the fields when I got old enou~h..Some of the nigger boys hunted ‘possume, rabbits and squirrels. Dr. Scurry had 100 acres in woods. They were just full of squirrels and we killed more squirrels tha~i you can count. .

	“The slaves didn‘t have a garden, but a~tèr.the war, we stayed on wid Marse Scurry4 When freedom come, hecorne to us in the yard where we had congregated arid told us we was free arid could go any..

where we wanted, but ii any wanted to stay on wid him, he would pay wages. All of us stayed or~ wid~ hirn. He.~ive us a one~acre patch of ground to raise anything we wanted to raise. He had white overseers dti~ring slavery, but none evér whipped us ‘cause the master woulkdn‘t let them. He had a plantation oî about 300 acres and 40 or 50 slaves. They got up.at sun—up and worked ‘~til1 sun-~down each day, but had Saturday afternoons off when dey could do anything deyvvanted to.

	“There wasn‘t much time for learning to read and write. The

	white f~1k5 sometimes had ni~gers to go to their church and set in the back or gallery. In our neighborhood, ni~ers had their own

	church dat they made of poles and brush, and called it, ‘Brush Har-. bot‘ ‚ . They made seats from small logs sawed off o~ ro u~h plank.

.	“On~hristrnas day, the master would have a big dinner for his èlaves arid spread it out in the yard%. Cora4~ucking5 were popular

..„ . ~ and. so v~erecotton pickinge, where bi~ eats were prepared ~or thos•
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