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.	FRAI~3ES BATSON 4 .
			   ~L213 Scovel St.
	. ~	S ~	Nashville, Tennessee


	III	~ jes how oie I ez. I wUz bawin ‘yer in Nashville, dunn‘ slabery. I must be way pas‘ 90 fer I member de Yankee

soldiers well.~ ~ De chilluns called dem de ‘blue mafl3•1 Niah

white folks WUZ named Crockett. Dr. Crockett wi~z our marster

‚~ but I donit member ‘im mahse‘f. He d‘ed.w‘en I wuz small. Mah marster wuz mean ter mah mammy w‘en her oler chilluns would run Iway. Nah oler br‘er went ter war wid mah marster. Mali younger

br‘er run ‘way, dey cat~ght ‘im, tuk ‘im home en whup‘d ‘I.Xñ. He run ‘way en v~uz nebber found.“ :

	~	~ ~ “We wuZn‘t i0]o~ butinah mammy went ‘way, en ief‘~ me en I ~ got up one mawnin‘ went ter ~mah mammy‘ s room, she wüz gon‘ .

I cried en cried fer her. MahMissis wouldn‘t let me~ outa‘ de~

house, fer fear I‘d try ter find her. Atter freeduxn mali br‘er en ayanke~ soldier ktim in a waggin en gît us. Mah white folks sod,

I do~‘ see why you. ez takin‘ dez chilluns. Mah hrudder said,

	‚.	‘We ez free flow.‘ I member one whuplin ~ah misais gib me. Me

. .. en her daugh~er slipped; ‘way ter de river ter fish. We kotch a fish en m*h ~iissis had hit cooked fer t~ bub whupid us fer goin‘ ter dé river.“ ~ ~ ‚ -

~	~!Whar de Buena Vista schul ez hit useter be a yank~e soldiers

Barrl‘àk. Eber‘ ma~wj~j~‘ dèy hadder music. We cbilluns would go on

~ ~ :(wb~ the bag miIlez r~ow) en iiste~ tör dem. ~ I member a black hoes de so1~iez~s had, dat ef you. called ‘im Jeff Davis

he ~ ru~n you,‘~