Cecilton

The people of Cecilton had never seen an educated colored man, technically speaking, nor had they ever seen white men who believed in their educational advancement.

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It was then that some one whispered to Lieutenant Brown and his men that Cecilton enjoyed the novelty of having a Negro

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"Uncle" Perry Hinson, a free Negro, owned an acre or two of ground behind the woods that was near to Cecilton.

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Father Jones, who was on the alert, sent for him to come to Cecilton and receive Friendship and her members into the fold of African Methodism.

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Uncle Jim Jones drove his mistress to Cecilton, and some one, a white person, told him that he was free now, and it was discretionary with him whether or not he drove the carriage back.

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By his method of work, a method all his own, he made a small fortune while he was young and strong, and retired from work before he was broken down, and lived at ease in "Back Street," which consisted of a cluster of five houses which he built on a small tract of land about a quarter of a mile on the North side of Cecilton.

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When later on, a recruiting office was opened in Cecilton by Lieutenant Brown, some of our boys who had joined the army were selected to come, now as soldiers, to their own home, and induce others to enlist.

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Page 26 the woods that separated Cecilton from where the free colored people lived.

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Cecilton had led off in moral reform, and must now be depended upon to take the lead in opening a public school, even before political matters

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I think such a characterization would be quite applicable in describing the impression made upon man, and beast, and fowls, when, one morning, the quiet of Cecilton was disturbed for the first time by a real brass band, with uniformed men, playing upon the various pieces that compose a full band.

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