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~ ~	. EX~~~SLAviS
	.	  JENNY G}~E)~2R
		706 Overton, Street.
		Nashville ‚ Tennessee


	“Arri 84 ytars oie en wuz bawn In Florence, Alabania, ‘bout seben miles futn tow~~ Wuz bawn on de Collier plantashun en

Marster en Missis WUZ James en Jeanette CollIer. Mab daddy en ma~n~r~ w~z named Nelson en Jane Collier. I wuz named atter one

~	ob ~ah Missis‘ daughter~s. Our family wuz neber sold er divide4.“ “Ilse bin ~ once. Matied Neeley Greer. Thank de Lawd

I amt ~c~t no clitliuns. Chilluns ez so bad now I can‘t stare dem ter save mah life.“ . :i~

	.~ ~ ~ go ter de baptism‘s en dey wcnzkl start 3hou~tin~ en. singin‘W‘en we lof‘ de chuch. Went ter deze bap‘1si~‘s in A1aba~na ‚ Memphi s ‚ en ‚ yer In Nashvi 11e . Lawdy hab xnerêy ‚ how We useter sing. Only song I members ez ‘De Oie Time ‘ligion.‘

~1 useter go ter camp ineetin‘s. Rve‘rbody had a jolly time, . ~ ‚ preachiril ‚ shoutin‘ en eatin‘ ~ood things.“

.	~we didn‘t git a thing Wten we vit~z freed. W‘en dey said we wiiz free mah peeple had ter look out fer • denise ives .„

	“DOfll member flow t bout K.IÇ ~jÇ . er ~ 8truct ahuri days . Mali

ma~ny useter tell us a ‘lot ob stories but I‘se fergot dem. I‘se rieber voted endunno ob ~ £renabeln‘ in office~~ ~

	“No marn ‚ no maIn, dont t b‘ leeve in difft erit co1~rs ma‘ r5~n .. I member one oie sigt~ - Ibad luck ter empty ashes atter dark,t“

~ ~ :	~ sebired o~it wuk‘ n i~r2 white folks house since freedum . ~ use a ‘ii~oW now en live ‘yei~ wid mali neice en niah s~~tah.
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