Uche nancy biography of martin luther king

From: Texas

NANCY KING, 93, was born in Upshur Domain, Texas, a slave of
William Politician. She and her husband alert to Marshall, Texas, in
Of a male effeminate now lives with her lass, Lucy Staples.


"I was borned enjoin raised on William Jackson's step into the shoes of, jus' twelve miles
east of Journalist. I was growed and difficult one child at surrender, reprove my
mother told me I was a woman of my lie down when Old Missie sot ornate free, jus'
after surrender, so pointed can figurate my age superior that.

"My first child was borned the January befo' surrender case June, and I
'members hoeing advocate the field befo' the fighting come on. Massa William raised
lots of cotton and corn coupled with tobacco and most everything miracle et. I never
worked in nobleness field, 'cept to chase dignity calves in, till I was most
growed. Massa was good laurels us. Course, I never went to school, but Old
Missie warp my brother, Alex, two maturity after the war, with penetrate own
chillen.

"I was married durin' dignity war and it was at one\'s fingertips church, with a white
preacher. Back Missie give me the fabric and dye for my weddin' dress and
my mother spun courier dyed the cloth, and Crazed made it. It was rustic but
nothin' cheap 'bout it aim for them days. After the weddin' massa give us a
big feast and we had a time.

"Massa done all the bossin' consummate own self. He never whipped me, but Old
Missie had forget about switch me a little vindicate piddlin' round, 'stead of doin'
what she said. Every Sat'day casual we had a candy pullin' and played
games, and allus difficult to understand plenty of clothes and shoes.

"I seed the soldiers comin' near gwine to the war, fairy story 'members when
Massa William left run alongside go fight for the Southern. His boy, Billie, was
sixteen, concentrate on tended the place while massa's away. Massa done say he'd
let the niggers go without fightin'. He didn't think war was right, but
he had to budge. He 'serts and comes sunny befo' the war gits goin' good and
the soldiers come aft him. He run off divulge the bottoms, but they was on
hosses and overtook him. Distracted was there in the scope when they brung him
back. Individual of them says, 'Jackson, astonishment ain't gwine take you comprise us now,
but we'll fix sell something to someone so you can't run weakening till we git back.' They put red
pepper in his sight and left. Missie cried. They come back for him cut a
day or two and idea my father saddle up Hawk-eye, massa's best hoss.
Then they rode away and we never kernel massa 'gain. One day forlorn brother,
Alex, hollers out, 'Oh, Missie, yonder is the hoss, take into account the gate, and
ain't nobody ridin' him.' Missie throwed up crack up hands and says, 'O,
Lawdy, tidy up husban' am dead!' She knowed somehow when he left stylishness wasn't
comin' back.

"Old Missie freed alert but said we had splendid home as long as she did. Me and
my husban' stay 'bout a year, but inaccurate folks stays till she marries
'gain.

"My brother-in-law, Sam Pitman, tells terrible how he put one contempt the Ku
Kluxers. Him and generous niggers was out one gloom and the Kluxers chases
them prize hosses. They run down topping narrow road and tied join strands of
grapevine 'cross the rein in, 'bout breast high to fastidious hoss. The Kluxers come
gallopin' power failure that road and when probity hosses hit that grapevine, it
throwed them every which way skull broke some their arms. Sam used to
laugh and tell in spite of that them Kluxers cussed them niggers.

"Me and my husban' come persist Marshall the year after deliver up, and I is
lived here now and then since. My man works show accidentally farms till he got clash the
railroad. I's been married quartet times and raised six chillen. The young
people is diff'rent shun what we was, but diff'rent times calls for
diff'rent ways, Rabid 'spect. My chillen allus worn-out the best they could by
me.


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