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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Geo Melville REEL NUMBER: 1 A-B STAGE: MICHIGAN NARRATIVE DATE: 6/26/87 PRESENTOR: Benjamin Wilson GROUP NAME: - REGION/STYLE: FUGITIVE SLAVE NARRATIVES PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Ms. Berry-Jackson - descendant of slave Marie Cross CONTENTS 1859-1877 1. MS BARRY TALKS ABOUT HER GRANDFATHER ESCAPING TO CANADA VIA MICH. 2. MARIE CROSS TELLS STORY ABOUT BLUE JAYS & RUNAWAY SLAVES 3. MARIE TALKS WITH BEN ABOUT TANSY AS INSECT REPELLANT Reel change 4. MS BArry Tells of cayenne pepper in runaway slaves shoes 5. MS cross informs us of 7 row corn HiLL Trickery which gains him Freedom 6. Ben TALKS of necessity of slaves MAME change w/ MS Belly 7. Ben TALKS of slave communities - "freedom", "calvin center" w/ MS Cross 8. Discussion of LINGUISTIC inventions, AFRICANIZATION of ENGLISH. codewords 9. Discussion of Cosmetics & AGE SAVING Techniques 10. QUESTIONS - emancipation, underground Railroad escapes 11. 12. 13.