~x-slavs Stories	Paie Two
~(Toxas)




seers, dey come kno& on de door and tell •em put de light out. Lote of o1~iresers w~s me~. Sometiza.s dey‘d whip a nigger wid a leather strap ~bcw.t a foot wide and long aa y~ir arm and wid a wooden hand]..

at de end.

	“On Sat‘ day and Sunday nites dey‘ d dance and sing all nit, long. Dey didn‘ dance like today, dey danced de rount dance end j 1g and do de pigeon wing, and scme of de~ would jump up and see how many time he could kick his feet. ‘for. dey hit de groun‘. Dey had an oie fiddle and some of • e~ would take two bones in each hand and rattle ‚ em. Dey sang songi 1 ike ‚ 1D~~na had a Wo oden Leg,‘ and ‚ A Hand full of Sugar,‘ and Cotton—eyed Joe • ‚ I di. ~aeaber how dey went.

	‘De slates didn‘ have no church den, but dey‘d. take a big m~ga~ kettle and turn it top doimi on de grmin‘ and put logs roan‘ it to kill de sein ‚ . Dey‘ d. pray to be free and e ing and dance.

	“Then war come dey cœe and got de slaves fros all de pla~tta. tions and tuk ‘em to build de breastworks. I ~ lots of soldiers.

Des‘ ~t sing a song dat go something 1 ike dis:

~I~J~ff Davis rode a big white hoes,
Lincoln rode a mu].s;
Je55 Davis i. our President,
~ ~	Lincoln is a fool.‘

~ ~ n ~ ~ when de slaves would lu awq‘. 01e Jahn Bilhinger,

he had a bunch of dogs and. hø1ti take after runaw~r niggere. Somet~ees de dogs dida‘ ketch de nigger. Den oie Billinger, he‘d cuss and kick Ô dogs.

	ev, didn‘ have to have a pass but on other plantations dey did, or de paiidlsroll•rs would git you aM whip yoi~. Dey was de poor ithite
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