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"I remember getting one whipping. I didn f t get it from Mr. Goodwin
thougji. His brother gave it to me. His brother sent me to get a horse* An
old hound was laying in the way on the saddle and the bridle. He wouldn f t
move so I picked up the bridle and hit him with it. He hollered and master 1 s
brother heard him and gave me a whipping. That is the only whipping I ever
got when I was small.
Kn KLux
*I heard of the Ku KLux Klan but I don f t know that I ever seen them*
I never noticed what effect they had on the colored people. I just heard
people talking about them.
Occupational Experiences
"The first work I did was farming—after the War. I farmed, ~dowfn
close to SI Dorado, about six miles away from there. I kept that up till
I was about seventeen or eighteen years old or somewheres about there* That
was on James Goodwin 1 s place—my last master, the man who raised me. Then
I left him and came to Little Rock. I don f t remember in what year* I went
to school here in Little Rock* I had already had some schooling. My grand-
mother sent me. The school I went to was called the Union School. It was
down on Sixth Street* After I left there, I went to Capitol Hill School*
I was going to school during the Brooks-Baxter War. The statehouse was on
tlarkham Street and Center. My grandmother* s name was Celie Hobinson. She
went by the name of her owner.
"After I had gone to school several years—I don f t remember
just how many—I worked down town about ten or eleven years* Then I
went to railroading* First I was with the Iron Mountain and Southern*
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