"When de neighbors gits dar dey makes a big bresh pile an' dey ties her on hit an' burns her up. Atter dat de man had good luck, eben atter he married ag'in."

Note: This witch story is a variant of The Old Brownrigg Mill by Doctor Richard Dillard.


N.C. District:No. 2
Worker:Mary A. Hicks
No. Words:689
Subject:JULIUS NELSON
Story teller:Julius Nelson
Editor:Daisy Bailey Waitt

JULIUS NELSON
Ex-Slave Story

An interview with Julius Nelson, 77 of State Prison, Raleigh, N.C.