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bad health at dat tinie, en ‘fore we sta‘ted ter de graveyard, I put a feather be~ :ln de car‘age en got a pitcher ob water ready en ‘fore we git dere she got awf~1 sick.“

	.	“Durint slavery de slaves had~er keep quiet en dey wou]d turn a kittle tipside down ter keep de white folks. ‘yearin dere prayers en chants. VV‘en a slave wanted ter go ter ‘nother plantation he had ter hab a pass. :Ef‘ dey disobeyed dey got a whuppin, en ~f, dey had a pass wido~t de Marsters signature dey

.	g ot a whuppin . ;~L~ ~ terhab~assesnowdere ~ be no ineaness.“
	I ruemb e r ‚• d e K lu K l~x K 1a~ kumi n te r rnah d	I s honie axi n ~
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fer water en dey would keep us tobin‘ water ter dem fer fifteen

.	ter twenty minutes. Dey did~‘t whup~~~ hurt any ob us. I also membèr tyearin mah matrjrny~ en daddy tellin‘ us ‘boüt.dé sta‘rs
	.	. -	.	~—~(

.	- fallin‘ • :1 member de comét. Hit wi~jz a big~ball en had à long

tail~“ • .. . . . . .	. . .. . . ..




s ~ ~ UI hab ‘ye.rd .deni tell ‘bout Mr. Robertson. He wuz mean

- ter his slaves en de~y ~êZs dey could see a ball ob fier i~o11in‘

	..	. on de fericeen w‘en dey wou3i~ git ter de spring, a big white thing lak a d‘ogwould crawlur~er de rock. De slaves WUZ

natur‘ally superstitious enb‘leeved in dreams, oie sayings en sIgns. I hab mahse‘fse‘edthings dat I ain‘t onderstan‘ • Hab a]~ost seen de thir~gs dat (apostle) John seed.“

	.	„ “D~.tnno nt~thin ‘bout a~y ob de ex-‘slaves voting er de Nat Turner tBelliofl.H

	“Atter freeduxn ruos‘ ob de slaves wuk‘d fer dere livint jes &~ I ez, De men in de fiells, de ‘on~en in dê house. I wiiJ~‘d at a 1~otel in MeMinnville en one day, I wuz keepir~‘ de flies off de

table wjd a br~tsh made trum‘fine stri P8 Ob papah e n de str~g

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