all de faster gittin' back ter de house.    But when Ole John  Morgan

come along a-raidin' en carryin' off de meat  en good hosses us wuz'

nt fraid."

     "Dey wuz'nt sca'cely no churches fer cullud folks  till atter

de war; den lots er churches sprung up.  Hood many er de preachers.

could'nt read, but de could take er text en preach er good sermon

fum it.

     "Rev. George W. Downings, Brother DuPree, Leslie  Green,  en lots

like em gotter be moughty great preachers."

     'I learned to read a little atter de war, en I is moghty glad,

kaze since I caint do much, its lots er company ter be able ter read.



Interviewed at his residence; 231 Buxton Ave.


Editor's note;
     Charles Green is 78, brown skinned tall and thin.  He is 

very bald with a fringe of grey hair,  and wears  glasses.  His  main

avocation is gardening.




			

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Ex-Slave Narratives

Charles Green, Ex-Slave Narrative