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	jnttrew Moss
# 88 Au,biirn Streets .	.
Knoxville ‚ Tennessee	.





	“One tine th~t‘s all wroxi~ wid dia world today,“ according to Andrew Moss,aged negro, as he sits throi~h the winter days before an open grate fire
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in Ms cabin,with his lox~ ‚lean fingers clasped over his crossed ~rnees, ~‘is

dat dey alu no ‘prayer .~rounds‘ . Dø~i in Georgia ~ I was born, ~dat was twev back in 1852,— us colored folks had prayer Erou~ìds. M~r ~iarmnyts wa~ a oie twisted thick-‘rooted muscadine bash. She‘d go in dar and pray for deliverb.nce of de slaves. S0~~ colored folks cleaned out knee~s2o~s in de cane breaks.Gane you know, grows high and thick, and. colored folks could hide de‘seves in dar, an no~pdy ~could see an oester em.~1

	~Tou see it was jes like dii. Dunn‘ de war, an befo de war too, white folks make a heap o fun of de co].oredfolks for allti~e prayin. $ornetime,say,

you was a. slai~ en. you git down to prey in de field or 1~r de side of de road. White Marster cç~ie !lo~g and see a slave on his knees~He say,~What you pr~in‘ ~ ‘bout?9 An you say,‘Oh,Marstér I‘se jes prayin‘ to Je~tis cause I wants to ~o to Heaven when I dies . t ~ Marster say ‚ ‚ Youse my negro . I git ye to Heaven .Git up of±~‘n you.r knees.t De white folks what owned slaves thought t1~at when dey go to Heaven de collored folk‘s would be dar to wait ~n ein. An e~‘n itwas

A Tank come ‘io~, he say ~ you nraint ‘bout?‘ You cives de same

‘sponse. ~‘n he say,“ We‘se gwine save you.We goin‘ to set you free.You wants

to be ‚ dont t I Te ss ir ‚ Bo s s J t . twel 1 den ‚ Yank say ‚ c orne go ~ I ong d. à ~ ~ ‚

me . ‚ Am no use keep yi‘ ‚ please sir ss ‚ ‘ I I hare to ar sk xny !~as te r • ‚

Yank L~y,‘what ~oumean ‚Marster? Youai::t ~ot no MarsterWe‘s settin‘ yoi~i
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