P—] IT :::~ Interview of ~ ~ ~ Ex~s1ay. ~ E361 E. ßank Street ~ Petersburg, Vtrg‘~nia •.~. :-; ~ ~ j By 3ueie byrd, ~ ‚~ . ~ 4 5000g ~te~~February ~6, ~ . ~ . ‚~‚ . J ~ ~ ~~f? ~ \ . H~ ~193; L~L!~R!~4~ - ~_/ ‚I Back ‘fore the aixtise, I can ‘member my Mistress, Mise Sara Ann, co~nin.‘ to de ~ndow an‘ hO1IC1i&~ “De ni~gers te ~ j~4~ niggere is a:rtaLn‘Z De rtiggere is kiiii& all de ‘~chite fo~kr~, ki11in‘~ali de b~biee j ri de oradlel „ lt muet have been Nat Turner ‚ e lriaurrection; which wuz sorr~etin~e ‘fo de. break~n‘ ~ de Civil War, I viuz waitin‘ on table in dini& room an1 dis &ey dey had f~niehed eating early an1 I wuz oleanin‘ off table. Don‘t you knovz I muet have been a good size gal. . Yeø, I ‘member ecmeth1n~ ~ too. ~I kflow my Master sara. hGme an‘ said, dat on hie way to de ~&iiow5 o]~e John topped an‘ ~ little ntgg~r child. ‘~Ho~ corn‘ I don‘t ~rt~ewber? Don‘t tell me t don‘t t cause I do, I don‘t care if its don bin a thousar~d years . „ I kiww what Maetr said an‘ it is as fr•sh in my mind a. it wui~ dat day.. Die te de song I h .. sr4 ~y Master ethgt old John Brown came to Rarpere Perr~y Toy Purpose to raise an &neurrectlon .. . ~ 014 Governor WI se put the . specks upon hie eyes • ~ Àfl‘ showed him the happy iaxi4 of Ca~*an. ~ ~ ‚ ~- ~ ~ ~ . ~ V ~ Mt Matter toZe tie dat de nigg~r* started thO railroad, an‘ dat * / a