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Collected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Kyle Perrin Reel 12 Item 1 Harvey Vaught Miller's Chapel, Ark. January 15, 1950 Row Negroes Got Started * Vaught •• Churches--uh--aw--let's see. What are they? Dave, what do they call 'em? Dave •••• God 1s Called? Vaught •• God 's--no, not God 's Called. There 's a difference in that. Don ••••• House of David? Chapel? Vaught •• No, that's east of us. Jehovah Witnesses ! Now, you know about them, don't you? They're all over the country. Well, they1se having Sunday School down there at this house where I 1se at--down there at Fort Smith. And so, I asked him about this Nigger question. Boy, he just turned to that Book and showed me right now where that Nigger come from. It didn 1t take him a minute--to show about that. I asked him about this nigger. And they come from old Ham 1s side of the house--on down to--I think it was the grandson was the Nigger. M ••••••• Grandson of who? Vaught •• Grandsonof old Ham. And Ham was the son of Noay. M ••••••• Yeah. That's how he got started. Vaugbt •• There's where the Nigger started from. Don ••••• The first ones they knew anything about came out real black, huh? Then what did they do with this black one? Vaught •• Well , they just multiplied 'em. Made a million of 'em. That's all I can tell you they ever done. That 1s the only answer I...

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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas