Charlotte Ann Jackson
When i was liveing Whith White People i was tide down hand and
foot and they tide me to the Post and Whip me till i Could not
stand up and they tide my Close over my head and whip me much
as they Want and they took my Brother and sent him to Richmond
to stay one year And sent my Aunt my Sister my farther away too
and said if he did not go away they would kill him they Said they
Was Goin to Put me in Prisens But the light has come the Rebles
is Put down and Slarly is dead GoD Bless the Union Forever more
and they was Puting
People in tubs and they stead me to Death and i hope Slarly
Shall be no more and they said that the yankees had horns and
said that the yankees Was Goin to kill us and something told me
not to Believe them and something told me not to Be afraid and
When they Come heare they Would not let me come out to see them
and when i was out in the Street they was stead i would Go away
from them and they said I Better stay with them for the yankees
would kill me i would Better stay