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INTER VIEW

NAISY REECE

710 Overton St.

Nashville ‚ Teni~essee
	I wuz bawn in sIaV!ery, in Will lams on County ‚ guess Itse ‘bout $Qy‘ars oie. Think I wuz fou‘ wren de wah started.“ O
“Mah marnnxy en daddy wuz Mary en Ennook Brown.“

~ „ ~ ~	“Mah nus sis er~ marster wuz Polly en Randall, ~row~ .„
	“Durmo ob any ob ourfam‘ ly be in ‚ sold .	‘ en freeduzu
                              O	 ~ Wl~~Z dec1ar~ wewuz tu‘n Ioose~wid iiothin‘. Mah daddy tuk us
	~ down 1r~ de ici.ix~t.ry, raised crops e~made us wuk ir~ do ~fie1‘.
	•0 ~ ~ “I‘se- cooked a leetle fer urther pèopie,~ but mos‘ ob
 ~	 Trnah wuk h~s bin laundry. • I doldntt go ter schixi much. I ~
~	                   - 0dunno w‘at ter say ‘boixt de younger gtheratshux; dere ez sich
          O._~	  a diff‘urice xiow ter w‘at hit ~ruz w~lenI wuz a gix‘i.~ Dui~o

O:	any ta-lés dat I uset~r tyear.tt ~ ~ ~ O ~ O •
	O	T~00	~Didflt see any KIU KlUX Klan, bUt I alluz got skeered

~	eE hid w‘en we‘d ‘year dey wuz kum1n~t . I ‘long ter de Baptist

	Church. I Eeber went ter mexir~ eamp~-xneet1n‘s~ butwent ter 00 a lot ob baptizins.“

	~	“Mammy tole US how de s ta ‘ra féll ei~ how ~ ~ ~ ed ebery body sot. I saw de long tal]. comet.“

	.\	~:&JL~ “Good luck ter git up ‘fôre day~‘I1te ef‘n youer : ~ gwi171 sum place er start sum wuk.“ “Bad luck ter sweèp fl0t


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