410001
	.	4()
INTERVIEW
. SCOTT MARTIN

438 FlfthAVe., No.

	“Itse 90 y‘ars oie arid wuz bawn in slavery In Sumner County, Tennessee and I b‘long to Marster Dr. Madison Martjri~. an ‚ mah Misses Mary. And I ~J~‘d wid de stock an ‚ wuz de houseman.“

	t,1 hab neber been In any truble, neber ‘rested en

neber bin in jail. I knows how ter behave,~but de your~g peeples ob terday am‘ dun rite en dey dont tmou:nts ter much. Dai‘ am a few dat am all rite. In de olé days dey wer‘ bettuh
.	..~ .. dan. df~ ez te~day. De white and black b~her not mairie.“

	“I has vQted two times, but I disremembers who I ~.‚ . . voted fer. ~ber hadney frens in office en I n~br met any .~of: de Klu Klux men. 1 didn‘ go.out i~uôh en I neber wuz~

kotchöd wien I~did git. out.: ~ heered lots tbout nigger

„ .	uprisln‘ but dey wuz away off.“ . .~ .

.	~i!.i b‘loz,g ter de Missionary Baptist chuch an‘ I usetcr preach in mah chuch ‚ ouse en udders w‘ en cafled. Once a

~	y‘ar I wud be at de Cumberlaxid Riber wha‘f én‘ baptiz‘ culled peeples all ~ • We useter hab camp t j~ de oledays en hab good things ter eat en I would preach all

day. I went ter schul two sessions enden I wènt to wuk.“	.‚ ..:~ ..n.~ rneib‘er de fust street. kai‘ line that run on East :

	~	öf Ciñrb;e~t,landiibex‘ ter East end ob de oie wood bridge dat de ‘any Settlers build. X~e kars wer‘ pulled by hosses
	~	I