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	“i mernberde olewell on Cedar Street, neah de Capitol, en six mules fell in hit. Dat wuz back w‘en b1ackbe~-ries wuz growin‘ on de Capitol Hill. E~n Morgan Pai~k w~z called de pleasure gyarden. En hit WUZ full ob Yankee soldiers. Atter de war ders wuz so ma~ German peeple ober ‘yer, dat fun:t Jefferson Street, ter C‘lay Street, wuz called D~t~h toW~.‘~

	UI WuZfltt bawn w‘en de statrs fell. We djdn‘t git nothin‘ w‘en we W~Z freQd. Dunno much ‘bout de Klu. Klux Klan.“

	“~j1ah mammy ueeter tell nie how de white folks would hire de slaves out ter mek money fer de mar~ter en she tole me si.un ob de marsters would hide dere slaves ter keep de Yar~kees fum gittin‘

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	“:i: d0~1 b‘leeve in white en black ma‘jages. Mah sistah matied a lite ~ I wouldin‘ marry one ef bit would turn me ter go]sI. ~Thinno not.hin‘-‘bout~votin‘~, allus-tho‘t dat wuz ferde men.“

	Hi ~Qa~‘t think ob any tales er nuthTh ‘bout ghos‘ . ‘Ce~ one ‘bout a rnarster tTin‘ a nigger ter a fence en wuz beatin‘ ‘itu. A yanj~ee k~.un ‚ long made ‚ im untie de nigger en den de nigger beat de whitô man.“

	“Dis young peeple s eZ tough. I think~ half ob dem‘ 11 ~ be hurt, de way dey throw rock5 at oie peeples. Dat‘s wiry l‘s crippled now, a white boy hit me wid a rocks I b‘ lone ter de Methodist Chue h.“

	•11 Since freedurn I ‚ se hired out ‚ ~ washed en cooked fer diffi ent peeple . De only song I member: ‚ Hark Fum de Grour~. di~ Mournful So~fld.t“ ~