410004 . : . ~ INTERV]~~~ . ~ ~ . FRANKIE GOOLE ~ 204 5th Aire. So. . Na shvi I le ~ Te nn. Hi WuZ bawn in Smith County on uther sidř ob Lebanon. Ah‘ll be 85 ytars oie Christmas iI~ay. Mah oie M~sis wu~z named Salue, en mah Marster wuz George Waters. Mali mammy‘s name wuz Lucindia, she wuz sold furn me Wien I wuZ six weeks oie, en mah Missis raised me. I allus slept wid her. Mah Mi~sis W~Z good terme, but (her son) mah Marster whupid me. Du~nno ob a~ ex‘-slaves votini er holUnt office ob any kin. . I member de KuKiux Klan en Pat~‘a‘roilers, Dey wou3~ kuxn ±z~o~.u~ ertwhapdeniggers w~d abullwhap. Ef‘n d~ey.met a niggah on de road de~3td say, “Whar ez you gwin dis time ob rnawnintl“ D0 slaves WOUld say, ‘1We ez gwine ovu.h t yer ter stay aw~ 11e ‚‘~ en den dey would start beatint dem. I‘se st,řd in our doler en ~ de hahcl licks, en screams ob de ones dat wuz bein‘ whůp‘d, en I‘d tell ~nah Missis, “Listen ter dat~~ She would say, “See, dat ez wiat will happen ter you ef‘n you try ter leave.‘~ I member one nite a Ku Klux Klan rode up ter our doler. I tole mali Missis su~n body wuz at de d~~‘ęr wantini ter know whar mah Marster wuZ. She tole ‘im he wuz died en her son had gon‘ ‘way dat mawnin‘ • He hunted all thro de hot~se, en up In de lôft, en said whar eZ de riiggera? Mah Missis tole i‘ni dey wuz down in de lettie house, He went down dere, woke dem up, axed‘dem ‘bout ~.i‘e~ Mar s ter ‚:n ~d e n whup‘ cl s li ob d em • Rf~ d e~~‘had de Ku ~(lux Klan ~ d~ere w~oi~41n‘ be so n~er~ny peoples on de kounty road~n in ~ ~ ~ . : •~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ .1V; ‚