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dobbed b~tt wid mud. Atter freedum ~ah daddy went ‘way, en we chilltrns ~t9id in dat house in de woods b~y oursel‘s. Dere wuz two weeks we didnlt see a bit ob bre‘d. I went up wiat ez called de nine ruile c~t noah Tullahoma, en axed a tØ~flafl ef she would let us hab sum bretd. She.gib me sum meat en bre‘d, en tole me
	~ — ter kuxn back. I went baôk home en we et suxnptth, en I went back

ter de toma~Is house, she gib tue a sack ob flour en a big piece ob midlint mea-t. We wuz skeered, beint dere ‘lone so I would $et up wjlø mali br‘ers slept ‚ de~ ltd sleep :~n de daytime. One nite ~ knocked at de ~gjj~ren hit wuz mah daddy en he had two sacks ob food, en de urthur chulluns got up en we et a big
	meal.“ .	- -

uI~ useter ‘yer de folks talk ‘bout de sta‘rs fallin‘ ‚ but

dat-hap-pen‘ ‘fore I !~Z bawn,“

tti~didr~It go ter schul,niahdaddjwoukUnt let me. Said

he needed me in de fiel wors de~ I neöded schul. - I wuz allus ~ ~ - ~ sassy en st~bbun-. I run ‚ way furn inah daddy en kwnter Nashvi 11e ~

•1 ~ stayed at a~~ahul~ort~Franklin Pike, run by Nrs. McGathey0 I. wuz de only ctU‘ed person dere. Dey wuz good ter me en eve‘y ~hrismus i ~ git a big box ob clothes en things.“ -

	“In Manchester de Klu Klux Klan wore big high hats, red bar~1kerohiefs ondere faces en red covers on dere hosses. Dey tu.k two niggers out ob jail en hung dem ter a chestnut tree,“

“One nite Wien I wuz gwine wid ~‚jab~ daddy fu:rn de fiel‘ home, . . we met s~rii ob de K.K.K. en dey said, ‘Ain‘t you out late Henry?

En who ez dat gal wid you?‘ Mali daddy said, ‘~&e ez gwine home turn wuk, en di~ eZ mali daughter.‘ Dey said, ‘~1har has she bin, we aj~‘t nebber seted her.t He told dem, ‘I‘d bin in Nashville,‘

~Dey Said de~‘~ be back dat riite but we djd~‘t see dem.“
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