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Dibble, Fred, P.L, Grey, Bernice, V.W., Beaumont, Jefferson, Dist. #3.



and dat what us live on now, ‘cause I to• ol‘ to do any work no

	~	“•Me arid my fus‘ wife we had ten chillun. Dey‘s all dead but f0‘ and I ain‘t she‘ dey‘s all livin‘. Las‘ I heerd of ‘em one was in Houston, arid one in Chicago, and one in Kansas C1t7, and one live here. I see him dis mawnin‘ .

	“1 heerd tell of de Klu Klux but I ain‘t neber seed

‘em I rieber did go to ~

	„ t5 p member of de C • M • E • Meth ‚ d is ‚ ‘ eh . when I uster could git about I uster be a steward in de chu‘ch. Den I was de treasurer of d.c chu‘ch here at Voth for some seben year‘. I uster b‘lon~ to de U.B.F. Lodge, too.r~

	“Back in slav‘ry dey alius had a ol‘ darky to train de y.un~ ones and teach ‘ein right from wrong. ~nd dey‘d wh5~p you for dein‘ wrong. Dey‘d repo‘t to de overseer. Some of ‚ em ~ was mean arid repo ‚ t somebody dey am ‚ t like jis‘ to git ‘em in trouble. De overseer he had to ‘vestigate ‘bout it and if it was so, somebody git a whippin‘. Sometimes ~ some folks repo ‚ t sump‘n‘ when it warn‘ t true.“

	“01‘ mar~ter he was plum ind‘pendant. His plantati.in was off from de town. He uster had his mail bruug
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