Dem Yankees tuck eber thing dat dey saw eben to our kush, what we had cooked fer our supper. Kush wuz cornmeal, onions, red pepper, salt an' grease, dat is if we had any grease. Dey killed all de cows, pigs, chickens an' stold all de hosses an' mules.

We wuz glad ter be free, an' lemmie tell yo', we shore cussed ole marster out 'fore we left dar; den we comed ter Raleigh. I'se always been a farmer an' I'se made right good. I lak de white folkses an' dey laks me but I'll tell yo' Miss, I'd ruther be a nigger any day dan to be lak my ole white folks wuz.

M. A. H.
L. E.

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N.C. District:No. 2
Worker:Mary Hicks
No. Words:10,018
Subject:BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR
Story Teller:Mattie Curtis
Editor:George L. Andrews
Date Stamp:HW: 8/31/37

BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR