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~ INTERVIEW
	.	ELLIS I~EN K~NNON
	•:	328 5th Avenue N.
		St. Mary‘s Church .
		Nashville, Tennessee


	It1 du~n~o jes how oie I ez. I wu~z bawn in Tennessee a~ a slave. Mah‘inainhiiy kum frum Virginia. Our i~iarster WuZ Ken
	Kannofl.tt	..~.	~

	“Our Mistress .woti1d~tt let us slaves be whup‘d b~t I member niah daddy tellin‘ ‘bout de Over$eer whuppir~ ‘un en

‚	he run ‚ way en hid in a log . He tho ‘~t de blood hound s ‚ he heered‘I‘bout a half mile ‘way, ort bi~s trail could heer ‘im

~.i ~b±‘èathe b~t de ho~~d~ nebber fin‘ ‘ira. Atter dehounds paa‘~

. -	-~ ~p~~‘~•rnali daddy :]~éfi~ de 1~g hidirit ~ place en~ wien he got ter a blacksmith shop, he se‘ed a Whjte ~nan wid a nigger who had

handcuffs on en w‘ en de white man talc off de han~1cuffs ‚ de

.:	nigger.axed mãhdaddy wharhe Wuzgwine er~ he to].e ‘im back ter mah~Mistress en de nigger sezs I ez too. Mah dadcj~

s :i.i pped 1WS~9‘ ~ furn t im en we nt home •

;‘ ~ ~ •‘I*~t en I wiiz a young boy ‚ I didn‘ t Wear nóthin‘ bu~t a

;;: : .~ ~ ~.	:~thi~ ~ lak ai]. urthur boys en hit wtiz a 1öng~thing lak a slip dat kuxn ter our knees. Our Mistres8 had a bi.g flerplace en w‘en we would ktun In eole she wo~1d say ainit you all cole.

(You all was always ~~ed In the plural ~ not singular a~

~J some writers have It). Wille we wuz w&rmiu‘ she often played E ~ ~~ah fer us ter heer.~

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--	[ted. Dey let me stay

~	~) de Marster, wuz ~in