ne~~roes knave they were free. The Freedman‘s Bureau in Aug~ta gave out the news officially to the ne~i‘oes, but in most cases the plantation ovlners themselves summoned their slaves and told them they were free. Many negroes stayed right with their masters.

	Carrie Lewis, a slave on Captain Ward‘ s ~lantation in Richmond County, said, when asked where she went ;hen freedom carne, “Me? I Edri‘t went no~î.rhere. D~ ni~ers come ‘long wid de babi~s and dey cacks, ~nd say I wus free, and I t~li ‚ em I was free already. Didn‘ t make r~c~ diffunce to me freedom.“


	Old Susannah from the Freeman plantation said, “When freedom come I ~ct. mad ~t Marst~r. He cut off my hair. I wa~ free so I come from Ca‘lina to Augusta to sue him. I walk myself to death~ Den I found I couldn‘ t sue him over here in Georgiat I had. to ~o back. He was jus‘ nachally mad ~ cause we WUS free. Soon as I got here, dere was a lady on de street, sh~ tole me to come in, tek a seat. I stayed dare. ~ mornin‘ I couldn‘ t stand up. My limbs was hurtin‘ all

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	Tim from the plantation in Vir~ir~ia re~er~bers distinctly when freed~i came to hlz~ people. “Vihen we wus about to have freedom,‘~ ~e said, “they thought the Yankees wa~ a—~oin‘ to take all the slaves z:O they put us on trains and run us down south. I went to a 1lace vThut, they call ‘Butler‘ in Georgia, then they sont me on down to the Chattahoochee, where they were cuttiri‘ a piece of :ailroad, then to

~	~UirAcy, then to Tallahassee. When the war endad I wereri‘ t ‘xactly ir~ ‘G~~t5., I Was in Irwinville, where they caught Mars. Jeff Davis. Folk5 said he had de money train, but I nevcr seed no sold, nor nobody “hut hal ri
	I	~	• j. COme on up to ‘~ista and jined de Bush Aroor
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