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who helped . • They ‚ had big feasts at marriages ‚ and even the slaves had feasts at their marriages, the master and his family taking part in the ceremonies. I was married in 188?, arid at that time I was 1 i~i ng w j. th 1‘~Îr • Renw ick1~~ a rid my g frl w it h . Tom ~r ow ri • Dr . Brown had us to marry in his yard in the grove, and over 200 persons was there to see it. The next day, he give us a big ‘iniair‘ with all kinds o~ good things to eat, presents arid. dances. We never had any children. After we moved to town, my wife v~‘as a nurse or midwiTh among some o1~ the white families for a )ong time.

	‘11n Ku Klux times, I met rive or ten of them in the road otie night. They never bothered me. They had long white sheets over them and the horses. Slits were cut ~or the head, eyes, nose arid mouth.

	“The riiggers had an old field song: ‘Give inc dat good oie time religion‘ which they sans most o the time. There was another song they sang: ‘Dark midnight is my cry ~-- ~ive rae Jesus, You may have all this wàrid, but give me Jesus.‘

	“Some old~‘~time cures Thr the sick was -~- barks o1~ cherry tree, dogwood, and olive bush, made into tea arid drunk.

~.	nI thought Abe Lincoinwas a fine man, done mighty good and

saved the country. Jeff D~av1s was a good man. Booker Washington was a-great man. I think slavery was bad; yet our white Colks was good to us, but some white masters was mean. i think everybody should belong to the church and be a christáán.“


SOURCE: Morgan scurry (78), Newberry,S.C.; interviewed by:
&1~L. Summer, Newberry, S.C. May l9,~ 193?.