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fney would go to the woods if he beat them too much* He didn f t abuse his
jiggers♦ He said his niggers was his property* Aunt Sarah tended to the
cows and Aunt Clarisa raised geese, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and churned*
"The Ku Klux come to our house, called Uncle Billy—that was my papa*
They got him up out of bed* One man said, f I ain f t had no water since the
battle of Shiloah. 1 He had pa draw water till daybreaking* He had a horn
ne poured the water in* We was all scared half to death* Next morning
there was a branch from the well done run off * Something took place about
a well. Uncle Neel -Anderson and Uncle Cush dug wells for their livingo
They come after them. Aunt Handy had a baby* They pitied her and Uncle
iv3ol got so scared he run upstairs in his shirt tail and stuck his head in
the cotton* They found him that way* Uncle Cush said, 'Come on, Neel,
and ^o with ma* 1 They whooped Uncle Cush in his shirt tail* If you
didn't open the door they would break it in*
"I worked in the field in Georgia and Arkansas both* I cooked since
I \ids twelve years old* I married when I was twenty years old. I cooked
here in Marianne eighteen years and I have cooked three Sunday dinners on
Saturday and Sunday together. I would make three dollars when I done that*
I had five children and I raised one boy* I washed and ironed* I get some
help from the Welfare but I saved and my good old man saved so we would haVB
planty when we got old. Folks burnt up two of my houses* I got three more
sot fitten to live in till they are covered* I got good property in
atuttgert but couldn't pay the tax on it and 'bout to loose it* I tried to
~3t a loan and never could* We niggers have a hard time*"
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