( ~.~sli~Ve Stories	Page Two
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	“We have dance outdoors sometime, S~~meb~dy pl~Ey fiddl~ and banjo.

~	dance de reel and quadrille ~~id buck dance, Dc men dance dat. If we ~o to dance on ~flOthCI‘ plantation we hpve to have pass. De patterrolle~s come arid make us shìow de slip. If dey ain‘t no slip, we git beat,

III	see plenty sojers. Dey fight ~t Pines ~nd we hear hail g ‘zin~--.zing.‘

Younr rn~rse have blue coat, He put it on ~.nd climb a tree to see. De sojers cOme and think he a Yankee. Dey take his gi~in. Dey turn him loose when dey find out he ain‘t no Yankee,

	“When dere~l Yankees come dey take corn and gooses ~nd hosses. Dey don‘ t ask for nothln‘ ‚ Dey take what dey wants.

	~	masters hava chilien by slaves. Some sold dere own chilien. Some sot dem free.

?$~rfl~en freedom come we have to sign up to work for money for ~ ~Tear.

\~e couldn‘t go work for nobody else. After d~ year some st~ys, but not long.

	“De Ku Klux kill niggers, Dey come to take my uncle. He open de door. Dey don‘ t take him but tell him to vote Democrat next day or dey ‘~yill. Dey kilt some niggers what wouldn‘t vote ]~moçrat.

	“Dey kill m~r old uncle Davis. He won‘ t vote Democrat. Dey shoot him, ~ Den dey stand him up and let him fR11 down. De~ tie him by de feet. Dey drag him through de br‘,sh . Dey d~.re hi s wi fe to cry .

	“When I thirty I marry Tesisfor Babino. Pere Abadie marry us at Grand

~	Coteaij, We have dinner with wine, Den come big d~rnce. We have t~celve chilien.

~e works in de field in Opelousas. We come here twenty-five year a~go. He die

in l9l7~ .Dey let‘s meuve here. It nice to be near de church. I cari go to .j~ers when I wants to,
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