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		3.313 Pearl Street
	~ ~	Nashville, Tennessee


	UI WtLZ bawri east ob Spring Hill, Tennessee. I d~nno In wiat ytar, but I wuz a fu].I grown man w‘en I wu~z freed. (This will ~nake him about 96 years o]~1,). I wuz an onlies‘ chile en I nebber knowed~ mah daddy. Mah ~arnmy wuz sol:1 tway fu~ri me, She maijed a man named Brown en dey had seven chillun.“

	“At fust I t1o~ed ter Marster Jim Caruthers. 1#ten

	~	hi s daught er ma‘ j od F oux~ t Od e 11 ‚ I wuz WI fled t er he r e n den mah marsters wu~Z Fount enAlbert Odell who wu~ br‘ers.

.	- - ~ah white fo~s let ~us go ter ckiuch. I b‘ ].eeves In de Baptist
:	~ tilgion.	I nebber k~owød any slave dat had~ ter hide ter sing
	er pray,	I members de cornet en hit wuz a sta‘r wid a long

~	tal]. en looked ~ lak hit wuz burnin‘ . i!~e sta‘ r8 fell t fore I .~ wuz bawn.“ (The stars fell in 1833). :

~	~ ~ “We had ter hab passes en if you didn‘t b~b one, you ~ got whupped. Mah marster let me go ter chuch wid‘ out a

	pass. I members de Klo. Klux Klan but dey nebbor bothered me ‚ t ho I ~•‚ Ye 8~1 a lot t b out dem • D ey C a lied d e~tjse lye s

~	“~thite Caps“ en said dey WuZ rite furn de grave. W‘eri a slave got whupped hil; Wu~z cose dey disobey dere white ‘folks en de overseer whu~pped dem. I though mah white fo)ks wuz awful mean ter me sumtime.“ .

ni nebber bi loeved j~ ghost bt~t hab yeard Iota ~ bout dem.

:: •~ Lo1~s of pe.~lea did bti.eeve i~ dein back in dem tiir~ös. Us1~er
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