Carolina QuotesI knew this way well. It was the track to the praying ground, where are the colored folks on that part of St. Helena met to have their Christian worship, far from white men and their devilments. What there is bout a colored church service that so riles up the white trash, I didn’t know then and I don’t know now, cept maybe they hate to see us going straight to the true Master, you know, and skipping the middleman.
Andy Duncan Carolinian
Source
Lincoln in Frogmore (p. 147)
- work
- Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (2000)
- year
- 2000
- locator
- p. 147
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“I knew this way well. It was the track to the praying ground…” Andy Duncan. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1F301561B0. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1f301561b0
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