SLAVE NARRATIVES - Library of Congress

Name of Interviewer Ifes* W* M» Ball
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Subject Anecdotes of an Aged Bg-Slave« _
Story - Information:
Dec Quinn tells a "ghost story 11 connected wita the old church at Boado, built
in 1861.
n De Masonic Hall wuz built up ovah dis buildin 1 an f ever month dey had dey meeting
One nigat, vjhen dey was 'sembled, two men wuz kilt* Dat sho f did scatter dat lot ob
Masons and frum dat time on de spirits ob dese men roamed dis chu f ch* Sometime in
de dead dJb ni^rt, dat bell wud ring loud an 1 clear, wakin 1 gll de folks* Down dey
wud come, clos 1 like, to de chu f ch, - but scared to go closer* Mr* aill Crabtree,
a rich man an 1 a man whut wuz scared too, offered anybody #100*00 to go inside dat
chu f ch an' stay one hour* DidnH nobody need dat #100*00 dat bad! 1 *
The old negro tells the following grave yard stcry:
"One dart, drizzly ni^xt, de niggers wuz out in de woods shootin 1 craps* I didn't
haD no money to jine in de game. One nigger say, "Doc, ©ffan you go down to de cemetey*
an 1 bring bac f one ob dem f foot boa f ds f frum one ob dam graves, we-'U gib yo f a dollar* w
I ambles off to de cemete f y, f cause I really needed dat money* I goes inside, walks
careful like, not want in* to distu f u nuthin f , an 1 finally de grave stone leapt up
in front ob me* I retches down to pick up de foot boa Y d, an 1 lol de black cats wuz
habin' a meetin* ovah dat grave an 1 dey objected to mah intruding but I didn f t pay
♦era no mind; jus f fetched dat boa f d bac 1 to dem niggers, an 1 - Dless de Lawd, - dey
gib me two dollaral n
I&foimation given by Doc Quinn
Place of Residence 18th & Ash Sts* t Texarkana, Ark*
Occupation Mane ta*-SiAv«) (Age) flfo
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