Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-13
REBELLION OF NAT TURNER
d Colored Woman's Recollection tof V
ginia Tragedy.
MADE A VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE
Over the wnsbtub She Meets "a yir-
ginfa Lndy who Also Recalls
the Terrible Fatal Night
In 1881.
ot A VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE

ober, wash'n en- fonln'?"
Peach skin, Aunt Crecy. A little yellow
hoy threw it under my foot. Can't you
wipe some Of the dirt on? l don't care to
20 further in such a state"
You dess stan on dis cheer at de renchln-
tub, ell I hab dis dut off in a minute. Mos
NV 1t on de tail. Lii xallah boy! I boun'
dat my gran'son, Pete. He allus up t some
pin. Chillun ain larnt no manners desc
days. specially colored chillun. Niggah
doan b'live dey free lessen dey kin Farm dey
young uns t sass de bukra. I'll cotch UNI;
he be after biscuit tereckly.
81 Tub t. wash you clo'es, Mis- Lopez, kase
youse Ferginny lady. l cain fo'git Fer
ginny, dough wuz sole t. Flurdy, a young
gall"
But how do you know that 1 am a Vir-
ginian?" asks the lady, curiously.
"Me? l kin tell by de way you mex you
c%lo'es; ev'y seam obercass. Georgy ladies'
neber rip, no mattah how hahd l rub um.
Flurdy ladies sew wild fine tread, en- slack;
kase wen de fashion change dey TEX UNI t
pieces en- mex um again. Calling ladies cut
dey unner clo'es in de same style dey gran
mammies did. Yankee ladies allus got some
new-fangle union suits en- sech. | ain need
nobody t tell me youse Ferginny lady. How
long you come fun dere, missis?"
20. many years. l was left an orphan at
a very early age, and sent here TO my grand
mother"
See dere, now! Flurdy ain TEX de Fer
ginny stamp off you, any mo- den me, kase
we wuZ bofe bawn wild 1t l neber '%sociate
much wild de darkies in desc paints, en- wen
I mah'y, wait tel l fine a 'sponsible colored
genterman fun de ole country" .
81 have no reason to regret my mother
state" says the lady, with inward, retro
spective look. "And Florida is my home"
HAD DONE WELL THERE.
81 ain busin' dis country. l hab mighty
good wife people. En- after freedom l git
along. Dis my place. she adds with pride.
A wooden shanty, glorifed with the green
and gold Of the yellow Jasmine; a suburban
lot, gay with flowers in front and orna-
mented at the back with long clothes lines
that wave their snowy banners in the light
wind; the out-of-doors laundry under an old
china tree behind the house; the mulatto
laundress, old and wrinkled, but still strong
and stately, make up a scene that is sufi-
GENTLY picturesque.
81 wuz sold to Flurdy after de Nat Turner
'srrection in 81" says the old woman, falling
into "Reminiscences with the aptitude Of her
race.
Aunt Crecy!"
you t'ink Use too young t. member dat?
l wuz ~ years ole, en- mos ez tall ez l is
now. Yassam. Fo' all you see me wash'n
TO- my live'n en- cook'n my whites en- larnin'
'y Bun biihu - JIG q 90
My missis TEX kyah me en- lrn t. tex kyah
myself. Freedom SCUM mighty good; but de
niEgahs on our place neber run t. meet it.
"Marser often tell us how de wah gwine
on. He neber treat us lax cattle. Todes de
cen us 1t We all had a big meet'n at de
quarters, en- mex mawnin' de hull two hunder
en- sixty Nv us fill de lane wen ole marser
come out. Cicero, the sens'bles one NV de
hans, speak up an tell marser how we bin
pest'rin' our mines bout wat he gwine do
urp0, Mors C.a~ ,,s.- 4-
He tell um de bess way Is t. sell us, en- let
some udder man lose us.
"Lawsy! How marser did laugh!
We'll, sutney is got smaht niggahs,'
he says. I neber would a fought o. dat.
Hits a good idea
"Den he frow he laig ODER de pummel o.
de saddle. en- tink, en- t'ink, en- t'ink.
H say, mighty serious:
Our side may w'ip after all, en- II ain
likely I could buy you back again. My mig
gahs is sot up to be de bess in de county,
Cicero say:
1--WE ain feared o. dat; marser. you dess
sell us TO it too late. We see hiw de wah
gwine to turn out. We kin stan hahd times
a leetle, so you kin hab money wen we all is
free
"'Bu nobody will buy niggahs now
'Doan you truss air wife planter dat fur,
eff he got de money. You find one t. buy,
quick nuff.'
"Sho nuff. he did. Dey wuz plenty wife
mems wat couldden see de wah but one way.
en- de jump at de chance t. buy sech likely
niggahs. En- it tuhn out dess lax Cicero say.
Veal ain Farm de new plantation befo' Mars
Lee gle up he sode
Il hope he appreciated IL enough to divide
among you some Of your own money" says
Mrs. Lopez.
Hey. Dey wahn much money. He tubn
it into COLE, en- t'housan' dollah confederate
money ain mon a hunder dollar hahd metal.
he gle us one COLE dollah apiece, en- all de
CRUDE we could tote. He got chillun o. he
own t raise. En- he larn us t. wuk de right
way; t count money. en- t. have ourseff so we
ain put in Jail fuss ting after we free. He
done wat he could.
TRAGEDY OF THE TRADE.
e dat fool man wat buys us-Mars jim
Reddish. In nudder county-he say marser
know bout Lee guine t. s'render, en- sont
UNI a challenge. Marser meet nm in de oak
grove wey de gentermens allus fight dey
jools. He VAIN feered o. nobody, en- wuz
de bess shot. But he ain easy in he mine
bout de sale. en- he didden hab de heart t.
TEX de mans life en- money too. He dess
fire ober he haid. en- TUX Mars Reddish ball
In he own temple.
'Dsss de begin'n o. trouble, sho. Missis wuz
a pow'ful weakly lady; she drap daid wen
dey fotch de body home. Bofe done bury In
de same grave. Mars Phil en- Miss Nell
save huff out her paht t. go T. New Leans.
She say she ain guine t be sech po' lady in
de settlement wey she useter be oner de
richess. She mex Dalmettah hats To- de
Yankees wat come dere in de winter. en-
finely manly a creole watts po' ez herself.
Mars Phil drif' 'roun' en- drift 'roun'-he
wuz weakly lax he maw-en shot heseff one
day wild ole Marser's joolin' pistol.
"Yassum; heap O. strange things happen t.
our wife people FREQ de souf after dew loss
dey niggahs. My fuss owners done kill long
time ago by Nat Turner"
That dreadful time!' says the lady, shud-
dering.
"Hit WIZ, dat. Now youse clean. Ef you
hole up de tail o. you dress a leetle vile
en- wave it in de air, de sun dry II tereckly.
Yassum. Nat wuz a high-larnt slave, en-
know how T. lead, weddah TO- good err bad
He could go In de chemis' shop en- mess wild
dem bottles en- bat'ries mos lax w'ite doc
tor. En- he WIZ 'ligious. To- true. Him en-
Gawd useter walk en- talk mo- samer dan
Moses en- Aaron befo' de flood. Dass wy he
ack so 'sponsihle.
zone night he go 'roun' 'mong de slaves
en- tell um Gawd say he muss BAN um all
t'Reddah. en- tex axes en- kill de wife people.
Mighty few nv I'm VAIN { do II; but how
dey gwine git out II ef de Lawd sesso? No
one ain dast t refuse wen Nat order UNI
out. Dey Only mex contrack dat dev com
mence wuk Mt Nat marser's, en- dat Nat
spill de fuss blood.
BUTCHERY OF THE WHITES.
Jack. Nelson. Hark. Will en- Sam. all
bad niggahs. wuz his officers. At de 'p'inted
midnight. all de slaves meet wild Nat at his
marser's. Dey wuz timId en- joubous at de