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	“Atter freedum de slaves wuz t lowed ter stay on de plantation en t lowed ter farm en gib half dey made. Atter ~s1avery I useter wuk fer fifty cents en gît a peck ob meal, three pounds ob bacon en a quart ob syrup~ which would 1a51 a week.“

	“De Ku Klu.x Klants plan wuz ter whup all white er cul‘ed people dat djdn~t stay at home en support dere families butwould run ‘roun en live a bad life. W‘e~ de Klan would be pas$inI through de slaves would call dem ghostus.“

	“One nite mah br‘~r en me wuz sleepin‘ in de dining room. Su~mpin woke us ~n we 800d suxnpin‘ dat kuni through de ~ar~f en got hold ob sum blocks. Dat thing didntt hab

..	no haid en dIdn‘t hab no tale en looked lak hit w~Z backini up on all fot~ legs. Nex mawnin‘ we could fin‘ no tracks ob whuteber hit ~wuz ~ de~ gate wuz also fa3ened .„

	“Dis young peeple~ ‘cordin‘ ter de Bible ez on de broad road ter ruin. Dey think dey eZ a~ good a~ dewhite peeple but dey ez classed as niggahs in mali eyes.“

ttCajnt member any- ob de oie songs now.“