Ex-slave Stories	Page Three
(Texas)





rho c1~serted ~ Su1liv~.n. I went to F~cter2l He~~quarters ~.t Fort Smith, Ark~isas ‚ aild was re ce ived mo the ermy. ~1e cxnp aigri cd in Arbins as anc~ nearby territory. Trie major battle I fou~nt in •~iaß that Ot Pi~ Bluff, which l~sted on~ day anI pert of one ni~it,

	‚~ &ft ~‚ r I was must ered. OU t Ot the army, I s et oi.~t t o ~et au educa.. tiori arid eiitered ~ gr~~de ~ox~oo1 at Pine Bluif. I workec! 9fter sc~oo1 at any job I could secure t:~nct manG~ed to enter Weshixirn C0llege, in Topeka, JC~ansas. After I graduated I fo11owed~ ster~m engin~erin~ for four years, but later I went t o Fort Worth and spent 22 years in ~ducati on~J. work ~~non~ my people. I exerted r~y best efforts to ~.dvence my race.

	I inarri~i Lucia Brown in 1~i~O and we n~d tnree children, ~l1 ot whom ar~ dead. There is just my wife and me left oi tn~ i»wnily, and we iiave a ~?5.OO per month Union soidlerts perisio~.
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