The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-08-26

q LII NC COIlpllIuGAL OF dX1Il
me FUR any OBJ de ~ticuiars OBJ my ole
Daddy's life, bein' as he wus a preacher
Cd stinction. 1t wus In de year ob-ob.
We'll, I doan zackly kno-when he wus
born, or zackly der perticuiers lating to
dem fax, but / hearn Nanny say 1t
was somewhat about or betwixt 1926
an 80 dat his lustrious ole Marsa died
and sot him free, an glib him a deed to
hlsseif, and a lot oh property to take
care of hissef on, an bilded him a
church or meetin' house, dey was called
thin. dat wus de only way dat a niger
be sot free, wus to vide fur him an
young Mars luved him 30 an allus
promised to do dat fur him, when he
died-and Daddy wus a travelin' wild
his Marsa. wen the sumpsion sickness
Kill him. Daddy took his Marsa,s name
wat every good niger do, what got
ennuf pride in hissef. Marsa's name was
Col. Terrell. an aftur de Meetfn' House
WIS finished and named de Fust Baptis
church de white folks alters call Dad
Uncle Ferrel" n de niggers "Brud-
der Ferrell," dis wus in Lexington.
Kanetucky. Bein a free niger havin'
q church to hissef wus a great stinction
dem days-an Daddy had all de quality
niggers in de City Of Lexington. It
cummed de fashion for niggers to git
married in Brudder Ferrell's church,
corse dey nebber paid muffin but dare
Marsa an Missus allus gin Dad nuf to
satisfy hissef. he allus cummed out to
DO farm whar Mammie WIS an got his
Twin; Mammy's ole Mars didn't keer.
Fore dat, de niggers WIS allus married
at de Marsa's big House." an Marsa
hissef WIS de parson, an allus glib dem
I n hlU onr1 4 Is IL L.
barn, let EN- wife all dare friends from
everywhar an glib EN- big table xiv
cred wild de best yittles on de place an
plenty of 1t. De white folks allus fix
UP de bride, an Civ her a new cabin
all to herself. Ginnerly If der groom
long'd to a jining plaptashun, den bof
white famlis jines in f1xin' up dem mig
gers SO fine dey doan know deyselfs
In de Marsa wat owns de groom ranges
wild the gals Marsa to let him have a
pass to come ODER ebber night, after his
work Is dun, as long as he HAYES hissef
and ports to de Oberseer of de planta-
ZION at daylight in de NORM.
lie a talkin bout country niggers now.
In town 1t wuz difrent-speshally arter
dad set der fashun of jining de niggers
bgedder in der church. White folks
sisted him and hel him up. Sakes! lie
seen dough a lot Of de white folks car
RIGGS q standin round de block, for dey
alus went ter see dere own niggers
married, speshally when 1t was one Of
de gals from de Big House." peered
like it was one of de young misses
Ewyin to be jined and not a black mig
Ter all dis fuss was bout. Daddy he fix
lissef up in n Of DOC ded marsa's
lof suits, wat he lef him an I tel you
he looked fine, dem black close agfn his
white har and his whiskers wuz white,
bo, like de wool on his he'd. He fer
Fitted he wuz a free niger, far ginner-
b de lab looked down on 8. niger
Vat had no marsa to w EN-. 1t wuz
Ffunt with Daddy case his marsa
Euddent a sot him free, but he cuddent
box him to hebben wild him and he wuz
de las of his family and he sed Daddy
shuddent be sole wild his state. He
wood set him free fust, and glib him to
de Lord, n he KEEP his word. My
nanny was a niger of quality, her
harsar was a big gineral, an we chill
fens was rig up in de Big House" arter
We was ten years olt. 1 tell you de chill
lun of stinguished niggers had a hard
road to trabble. case Daddy sed it
hected on him, If his chillun wassent
fetched up cording to de scripture, an
dere WIZ no end to de lickins he gin us
case dat ole Sollermon teld him, IF he
spared de rod he spile de chile,' an he
bein a preacher, had to hey him, and he
sure did, he mos took de hide off OBJ US.
last ANN get her dander up, an
ble marser how he beat us, and marser
lorbtdded his dom it. Daddy tole mar
ser he was a only tryin to save us from
de "tarnel ~burnin," If you nose wat dat
is. l niver wanted to vestergate, de
beeting was enuf fur me, arter all,
Paddy he meened all right fer I kin
y his chillen never one OBJ us wuz
ker ketched by de Patterrolers. Doan
yer know who dey is? / tells yer bout
" All do rfCrnrc u-hor Inu 1oP lor
narsers home-had to hab a pass-it
lad writ on it dat de niger had per-
GiSShun from de marSer or de mtSsuS
)r de oberseer fer to go off de place, an
de pass tell how late dat niger holdin
1t can stay out. De law sed no niger
lud be on de street arter 10 o'clock,
kidout q pass, and If de Patterroler
cotch any of dem without 1t, Oh, Lordy!
Dat niger was skeered becase he was
locked up and he did not no what de
law wooZ DO wild him in de mornin.
GinnerlJ If acre was owners was stin-
guished gemmin, de law let dem buy
dat niger out. Dey winked, Daddy say,
at der big money dat der marsers
y pay to keep dem frum gittin whoop-
I'D at de whooppin post-but if de
lgger's marser wouldn't or cuddent pay
lat monney-den dat niger had to git
/ whooppin fur brakins de law. We
Bungd a song an / plaid it On my bano.
Run niger rum, Patterroler ketch you,
Run niger run, didden, dadden dey,'
etc.
II tell yere he ruined, too, if his pass
he'd run out-if he got to his fence fust
and jumped over fore Patterrooler got
dare an kotch him, The save his base"
as de chillun's say. My pore nanny
and daddy died afore de war. You ak
me wat / did den. I followed my young
marser ebber whar he went, an when
de war broke out l sed: "Marser, yer
hant going to git kilt and leb me behind,
Is your" Yes, Paul, / wont take you
wild me dis time" IT doan want to liv
den no more If you leve me. Marser,
Paul wanter die wild ou. 1 allus hunts
Rid you, marser, and cooks yore wit
tuls, why cam / do it now?" mo,
Paul, 1t woodn't be rite fur me to spose
your life. I is gwine to fight fer yer,
my faithful Paul" I got on my knees
ind begged as fer my life. Il kin xii de
llncums as wei las you kin, marser-
Ed dere bullits mus Kill me fust, afore
Fey hits your sed. AFTER while he
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