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and thus the fight was continued and the whites beaten back to the Hall, the blacks following them up during all this Whites were running to each other and asking for pistols. This was the case both upon the Lawn and in the hall, fortunately none could be found. The blacks assembled in the rear of the Hall and the one who had been stabbed was crying loudly for the "damned white cursed son of a bitch Matheson Morgan" to come out of the Hall and fight them. The reason why they cried for Morgan was because they had been told he was the one that cut David Palmer. They did not attempt to enter the house; but stood about two rods from it. They however made a great deal of noise in the way of loud talking, many of the had sticks in their hands but they did not use them. There was no fighting after this. The Negroes then

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