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you know you are not the master of this place. And, I'll let you know that I am a white man, God Damn you, Ill mash your head with a brick bat if I can find one." Said I Wallace I do not see what is the matter I have done nothing to you I have done nothing but what Henry Ivy told me." He replied "God Damn you, you have got to leave here and if you are found here in the morning, God Damn you, I'll blow a light-hole through you, I'll fix you up, God Damn you," I replied "I would be mighty apt to be found here in the morning I have done nothing to leave here." Said he "Stand there till I come back, God Damn you, Ill fix you up" then he went to the house.  Fearing he had gone after a pistol to shoot me I stepped a little to one side and waited till he came back. When he returned he asked for me, being told that I had gone off he began looking for me in the house.

Not finding me there he went out on the public road going toward Henry Ivys. Meeting my Son Buck and the boy Bill he asked them if they had seen anyone either white or black going down the road. Being answered in the negative he passed on. I then went to Sterling Ivy, Wallace Ivys father, and told him the circumstances. He told me to keep out of Wallace Ivys way till the next morning. I did so. The next night he came after me again and asked a woman by the name of Celia, who had not seen me since the night before, if I had come back yet. She told him she had not seen me since last night

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I heard what was said and got my clothes and left immediately, going to West Point to report him, but did not do so, thinking they would mistreat my family if I did so, but would wait-a-while and see if twould not wear off. So I went up to Memphis Tennessee returning in about two weeks. The first night ^[[insertion]] after [[/insertion]], I stayed at home and went next morning to my employer, Henry Ivy, and told him what I had done.

He said I had done right and that he did not see what caused Wallace Ivy to do as he had done then told me to fix up some shoe-lasts for shoemaking. I told him I wished to go and see Wallace Ivys father, ^[[insertion]] Sterling Ivy [[/insertion]] and try to have the matter settled up. He advised me to go telling me that Sterling Ivy wished some work done.

I went to see Sterling Ivy. He told me that his son Wallace Ivy would not harm me and had prommised him to that effect in conversation and told me to go to work in the shop

While going to the shop I met Joey James Casitt and stopped to to talk with him. While talking Wallace Ivy came along going to school. He spok to me saying "What are you doing here you old rascal you" You have got to leave Grandma's or take fifty lashes," I made no reply and soon went on down to the shop which was at Henry Ivy's. Told Henry Ivy what Wallace Ivy had said and told him I could not stay home under such circumstances He said that he did not see the cause of the young mans doing so and there was no

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shoe-last https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Last A last is a mechanical form that has a shape similar to that of a human foot. It is used for repairing soles and heels.