Exe,slave *tories	Pa1ge Three
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folks dat didn? have no elayes. We didn‘ call ‘ea ithite folks dem days • No ‚ suh, we called dea ‚ Bt~.kry. •‚

	“Jus‘ fore de war, a white preacher he cone to us slates and st‘s: ‘Do y~i wan~‘ to keep you homes what‘ yaa git all to eat, and raise your chilien, or do yi~i wan‘to b‘ free to roan roun‘ without a hoae, :~ i~. de wil‘ aniaal s~ If you wan‘ t o keep you honie s you be tter pray for de South to win, All day wan‘s to pray for de South to win, raise the hand. ‚ We all raised our hands ‚ cause we was skeered not to, but

w.	eho‘ didn‘ wane de South to win.

	“Dat night all de slaves k~ad a meetin‘ down in de hollow. Oie UncleMack, he gits up and says: •One tute over in Tirginny der. was two oie gge, Uncle Bob and. • Uncle Tc~. 1»y was aa& at one ~xiuther and one day dey decided to have a dinner and bury de hatchet. So th~r sat down ‚ and when Uncle Bob wasn~ t looking Uncle Torn put soae potsen in Uncle Bob‘ s food, but he saw it and when Uncle Torn wain‘ t looki& ‚ Uncle Bob he turned. de trq roun‘ on Uncle Toa, and he git. de poison food. ‚ Uncle Mack, he says: ‘Dat‘s what we elates is gwtne do, jus‘ turn de tray rain‘ and pray for de North to win. ~

	“After de wax‘ dr~r• was a lot of .xciteinent t~ong de niggers. Dsy was rejoicin‘ and singin‘. Sowje of ‘ein looked pu~sled, sorter skeered I Ike. ~it dey danced and had a big j eaboree.

	ILote of ‘sis stayed and iorked on de halves. Others hired mit. I went to work in a grocery store and he paid ae $1.50 a week. I give a:y mother de dollar and ke.ped de half. Den I got married and farmed for aiihiie. Den I corne to Port Worth and I been yere since.