"Dem Yankees done a lot of mischief, I knows case I wuz dar. Dey robbed de folkses an' a whole lot of darkies what ain't never been whupped by de master got a whuppin' from de Yankee soldiers.
"De Ku Klux Klan warn't half as bad as dem Yankee robbers what stayed in Raleigh atter de war, robbin', plunderin', an' burnin' up ever'thing. De south had ter have de Ku Klux Klan but dey ain't had no need fer de Yankees.
"De first winter atter de war wuz de worse winter I ever knowed, an' I'se tellin' yo' dat wuz bad. Maybe yo' doan think so but nigh 'bout ever' nigger in de world cussed ole Abraham Lincoln dat winter."
B.N.
| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 1648 |
| Subject: | JOHN SMITH |
| Story teller: | John Smith |
| Editor: | Office force |
[HW: 300 slaves raised [TR: illegible], 2 women, some reconstruction material]
