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Interviewer Mrs* Bernice Bowden
Person interviewed John H, Stolth
v 8602 *♦ Twelfth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age 81
*I reckon I was here* I member seein f the smoke from the ©ins look
like a cloud*
*I was born in Missouri in 1856. I member way back* Yes f m, I 9 m
old — I f m old.
"I member see in* the soldiers — Yankees — eight or ten in a
squad and they asked me did I want to ride with em? Old mistress say9
'That's my boy! 1 I member way back when they used to put the folks
upon a block and sell em. I member one night we was in the cabin and
the Ku Kluz come up on horses* And I member *hen they was hollerin 1
peace was declared©
"Mama told me I was born in 1856* Mama had all our ages in that
big Bible*
"We stayed in St* Louis six years then we went to Chrystal City,
Missouri and I went to the glass factory and went to work*
"Did I vote? Me? Yes f m, I voted many a time — Republican* I f m
still a Republican — always will be I reckon. I haven't voted for a
long time but I think everybody ought to have the liberty to vote*
"I like to live in the North better cause the shite folks treats
you better* They treats me all right here cause X don't do nothin 1 *
"I member my white folks was good to me*
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