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	     INTERVIEW	‚
	   MEASY HUDSON
	 1209 Jefferson St.
	Nashville, Tennessee


	ttWUZ bawn‘ in North Carolina en I‘se 90 y‘ars oie

in November. W‘en war broke out we kurn ter Tennessee en hab bin ‘yer eber since. Wuz ‘yer w‘en old Hood f i‘rd de cannons. He said he wuz kui~m‘n ‘yer ter Christmas dirmah, but he didn‘t do hit.“ ~

	“Mah white folks wuz named ilar shaw • Mar s ter Aar on Har -

shaw d‘ed en we wuz willed ter his ehilluns en dat w~ wuz not ter be whup‘d er ‘bused in anyway. • We wuz sold, but long ‘fore de war rnah daddy wuz freed en inab manny wuz not freed, but kep‘ a slave.“

	“De marster‘s ~hiiluns wuz small en eber New Dar DaV, we wuz put on a block en hired out ter de high hiddub, en de money spent ter school de niars.terts chill]uns.“

	“i wuz tole dat sum ob de white peeples wuz so mean ter dere slaves dat de slaves would tek a pot en turn hit down ~in a hollow ter keep dere whites fum yearin‘ dem singint en mi • De Ku Klux wuz bad on de ex-slaves at fust .„

	~	“De white folks ‘fore de war had w‘at dey called “Muster“ en I would go down wid dein. I would dance en de fo3~ks would g ib me mon ey er g lb nie can dy en dur in ‚ de war de soldiers wuz de prettiest things.“
	Tt~ot nuthin‘ at freedum en wuz not lookin‘ fuh nuthin‘.

Et mar s ter had I ived he might hab g ib un surnp ~ in • He wuz a