The day it all changed part 2

As Ben and Carol Ann sat der in dat lil country church dey begun a thinkin dat dey wuz a missin something in der lives. Dey began to feel like to be de peoples dey wanted to be dey would need help and dey began to feel sorry fo all de bad dey had ever dun, so when de preacher asked if anyone wated to git saved both Carol Ann and Ben went forward dey got down on de knees and asked King Jesus in de hearts and jus like dat a feelin came over dem like a ton of bricks dey didnt even know dey wuz carryin came off of dem.Dat night wuz about de coldest de had seen but Ben and Carol Ann dey be bout as warm as they had ever been.De shure wuz happy dat night.

The day it all changed

Ben jus plum passed out and Carol Ann looked down at him and her blood it went to boiling. She got her big ol kettle and she went to whopping up on Ben's daddy somethin fierce! Liked to beat him to death and she would've too ifn she hadn't thought of Ben needin help. She quit de beatin and de old rascal ran off and dat be de last time de see ol man Walker. Carol Ann took off her sock and used it fo a bandage. She splashed some water on Ben's face and he come to. He said "what happened" And Carol Ann told him his daddy had stabbed him, but he was gonna be o.k. she werent gonna be no widower yet. Carol Ann said" an just when we about to go to church too. Now we can't" Ben shot straight up and sade "oh yes we can we's a going." "But, Ben your hurt" Carol Ann snapped back. Ben sade "Don't ya see de ol devil don't want us to go so bad he sent my pa up here to try and take me out so I couldn't go, something good must gonna be a happening Carol Ann we just gots to go honey don't you see?" Carol Ann sade "now I see Ben now Is do" And so with Ben all bandaged up and Carol Ann missing her sock dey made der way to the little ol church house.

sick day

sorry no post today not feeling well

Der first Sunday

Befo dey could even get uo tho dat morning Ben's daddy who'd a been out a drinkin all nite he got madder and madder Ben's money wuz gone and he knew he had a been savin behind his back so he shows up befo daybreak and commences to start beating on po Ben. He's a hollerin and a cussin somethin fierce.Now Ben had always took his daddy's beatins an never sade a word, but now dis wuz different He wuz on hiz property and Ben wuz now a married man. Ben began to swingback at hiz daddy and as he did so he began to let it all out. He dun told him about all those years of being ashamed of him and hiz name an how he wusn't a gud man, a gud husban or a gud fader. That made de ol man so mad he took out a knife and he cut Ben in de side. Realizin whut he dun he run off. Ben stood der in shock he knew his daddy had dun dat befo to folk in a fight but he never thought he would he would uuuhhhh.

De First Week of Marriage

De first few days when dey git off of work Carol Ann she stop by de crik and git em sum wader to cook with and Ben he be bringing home a few rocks what to build a cover fo de well. Why Ben be digging with a borrowed shovel Carol Ann be washing de clothes and cooking dey supper. De be freezing of a night so dey sleep in de clothes and dey pray it don't rain. Sum people from de church came by and Carol Ann and Ben de decide de gonna be church folk.
Now by de time Saturday git here Ben dun got half the place cleared, but dey really be needing water so he dug that ol well hole all day and little Carol Ann on her hands and knees be pullin weeds and clearing dat land off. Dey had to git to bed early on a count of tomarraw be der first church service and de shure don't wanna be late and make people think less of em cause anyone dat know de family is gonna be wondering whats up when dey show up.
By de end of de day Carol Ann got de whole place cleared and Ben he done dug six feet deep but no water yet. As dey lay der dat night shiverin in de col de felt so warm in der hearts as dey looked around der newly cleared land, dey felt so blessed of God and laying der in cold nite air dey decided tomarraw de wuz gonna Praise de Lord in his house.

Dat First Night

Now dat first nite, it be a strange night for both of dem. Dey be all hungry and anxious and cold. Dey only things dey brought with dem is some blankets and a pillow a piece. As dey snuggled into der little hut Ben built, dey knew dey couldn't survive dis way long so on der wedding night dey stayed up and talked pert near all night long. Dey's a makin plans for dey life togeder. First thing dey decide is dey ain't gonna be like der families wuz. Dey gonna be honorable folk. Dey gonna go to church and be somebody. Dey gonna work hard and try to have something. Dey made another impotant decision dat night and dat wuz until dey had a real roof over dey head dey would not bring a child into dis world till dey could raise it rite. Dat last one wuz gonna be the hard part. Could Ben hold out fo de sake of his family?

Marryin Day

So Ben and Carol Ann dey dun decided to git hitched. Ben paid massa Walker for de land. Now beens dey no house on it Ben and Carol Ann waded until March 1st. So it not be too cole on em of a night. Dey didn't even tell der folks till dat morning. Dey went to de courthouse and sade dey I dos and den Carol Ann had to go to work her mean old lady wouldn't even give her de day off. Massa Walker gave it to Ben along with a raise to a quarder a week! Carol Ann got a raise too! Togeder dey would make thirty fi cent a week.
Ben went off to de farm and began a workin up a storm. He got down on his hands and his knees and began to pullin de weeds rite out de ground with his bare hands. When he had cleared a space off at de front he began to pick up all de rocks he could and put em in a circle so's dey could build a fire. Den he cut every limb he could and used em to build a little shelter with a sloped roof and an open fron and sides. Den he took all dem clippings from de weed pulling and use dem to fix the roof with. Not bad he thought for a start.
When Carol Ann got off she hightailed it over to de sto. She bought em a kettle and some potatoes and two forks and jus dat wuz thirty cent. Oh no how would dey ever make it?What had dey done? She was a worryin herself to death.She finally got home and seen what all Ben had dun she was so proud. De fire wuz cracklin and Ben wuz a smilin. Life wuz finally lookin up. Oh NO she had Plum for got to stop by de creek and git some water to use fo de potatoes. What wuz Ben gonna say. Could she do did? Could she be a good wife?

A place of their own.

Now fi years lader late dat februarry young massa Walker grab Ben up from work and he be takin him some wheres. He sade "Ben I got something I want to show you", so Ben he jus jumped right up in massa Walkers wagon in de back of cours tho. Massa Walker took him way out in a place Ben had never seed befo. When dey finally got out Ben said "what we doing way out here? Massa Walker with a sly ol grin just said "you'll see". Dey walked bout anuder ten minutes and all Ben seed was a growed up ground all around him. Massa Walker he sade " Ben you been saving money haven't you?" Ben said "Yes sur saved over six dollars so fur sur." Massa Walker replied saying " you know that aint enough to buy land don't ya son." Ben said "yes sur we jus gonna keep savin till it be enuf." Massa Walker said "Ben what if you had enough right now. Now you know I can't sell you a good cleared piece close to town, why white folks would skin me alive, you know that don't ya Ben?" Ben said "yes sur I knows dat." Then Massa Walker said "but I could sell you this land back here and if anyone did find out they wouldn't care it's so far away. Ben I will let you have a whole acre for 5 dollars and you will own it with a deed and everything. How does that sound to you?" "YYYEEEEHHHAAAAWWW!" Ben jumped clean up in the air. Really a place of his own!! Yes it be needin work and yes it was gonna be along ol walk to work but it would be worth it. Ben thanked massa Walker and ran back to town he had to go tell Carol Ann. He couldn't wait to see her face when she learned dat now wuz de time dey could get married and get out on der own.

De big surprize

Now dat de younguns wuz savin dey selves tree hole cents a week dat savings wuz a takin plum off why deys feel rich to have tree hole dollars dun saved. Dey had a dream ya see a dream to own dey own spot of ground Tucky ground at dat. But in 1873 dat was hard to do fo black folk even if dey got de money da white folk wont sell it to dem unlessn dey can make twice what it worth. Po lil Ben and Carol Ann dont know land going for about twenty fife dollar a acre now and at tree cent a week dat gonna be a mighty long wait.
Now when Ben turn 15 him and Carol Ann done saved up six dollars and 18 cent. Now young massa Walker he knowed dey been saving dey money cause one day Ben's daddy told him how good a little worker he had hisself fo tree cent a week. Massa Walker he just smiled and said yep, he aint no dummy he knew de ol scallywag wuz a fishin fo mo but he also knew Ben wuz a keepin de udder two fo hisself. Massa Walker thought he know why too and he gonna give Ben an Carol Ann a big surprize!

Ben's big promotion

Now Ben and Carol Ann dey been workin dis way bout tree years when young massa Walker say Ben how you like to woork in my lumber mill? Ben say he sure like dat. So Ben start doing jus dat when he be 13. Him and Carol Ann done saved tree whole dollars and now dey gonna be able to save more. Massa Walker gonna pay him 5 cent a week! Why fo a boy his age dat mighty good here in Tucky. Ya see what folks don't know bout Tucky is it be a strange place for black folk. Any where else in this whole big country a black man know where he stands wit folk. Ifn he down south he know jus how to act to stay alive, ifn he be North he know he got a little more freedom and people aint gonna shoot him where he stand fo de color of his skin, but here in Tucky you jus don't never know ever time you come up on a white man you wonder is he friend or foe? Choose wrong and you could end up dead or wishin you wuz.
Now Ben he a smart boy, he dun told his old pa he a makin 3 cent a week, now him an Carol dey be savin 3 cent a week to start that there life togeder. Won't be long now dey be married and on dey own.

Deys a growin up

Yes sur dat lil Ben and Carol Ann dey a growin up. Now I reckon it be bout de time dey turned 10 dey decided jus as soon as dey could deys gonna git hitched and start deys life together. So lil Ben and Carol Ann deys started workin all dey could extra and keeping the money they could hide out under a tree down by de church we black folks don built us. Dey knew none of der family find it der (he he). Lil Ben he would work for young massa Walker doing anything ol whitey could find for him to do. Carol Ann she started working in de kitchen of a local banker of a night after her chores makin ready stuff fo de next days meals. She make 2 pennies a week but she tell her momma she makin 1 so she can save the udder one (smart huh). Ben he be makin 3 pennies a week but hes a havin to give his family 2 of dem so he's a saving a penny a week to. Now just as soon as dey get enough deys a gonna git hitched and start dat new life together.

Lil Ben and Carol Ann

Yes sur dat lil Ben and Carol Ann them young uns youse culd jus tell deys different why as just lil fellars dey wuz always be trying to help out wherever theys could. Now ol massa Walker it never meant that much to him I spect he wuz to mad at dey pappys to appreciate dem fo tryin so hard to be good chillun. Now massa he got hisself a younger brudder tho and hes a taken a shine to lil Ben said now dat be a right fine boy. Ol massa he just grunt when he says it tho.

Ben and Carol Ann now dey got e-man-cip-ated in 1865 along wit the ress of us slaves and dey families dey settled not far off working fo young massa Walker on his farm as sharecroppers. Dey still lazy tho and so they aint even got it as good as dey had it befoe cuz now de just git what dey git cause they earn it derself. Youse can tell lil Ben he be ashamed of his no good pappy. Lil Carol Ann's her daddy he dun run off and left her momma with 4 chillun to raise Carol Ann be the second born of dat bunch. Youse can tell anoder thing too now you listen close hear you let ol granpappy tell you a truth. Dat Carol Ann and that Ben I know dey little but dey in love. Youse just wait dem too dey gonna git hitched too and get out of dey families house ya hear jus as soon as dey able I jus bet ya!

The Tucky Walker Family

It be in the year 1860 on da ol Walker plantation that lil Ben Walker he be born. He be born to that no good rascal Jesse Walker and Sarah that be Ben's mama they be some of the sorrowest slaves on da whole plantation. On a count of they being da sorriest ol massa Walker he keep them living pretty low even for slaves. They was the talk of the whole place. But now lil Ben he was differnet now, even when he was little he would try to hightail it up and work theys jus somethin in him dat was different. Now about the same time lil Ben be born on the plantation well along came Carol Ann Walker too. Now they wasn't no kin or nothing just all us slaves we be having the same last name as ol massa. Lil Sarah her family aint much better than lil Ben's people be. Massa about fed up with all of dem and they lucky they aint be sold. Shoot they probably would be excepting everybody dun being knowing how low down they be and nobody want em. Jesse backs done scarred plum over from the beatings from massa fo finding him down by the creek a sleeping. But yes sur now that Lil Ben him and that Carol Ann dey be different dey be real special younguns.

The Tucky Walker Family

Dis here be a story bout the Walker family from Tucky (Kentucky). Dis here story start out being set in the 1800's right round de time of de Civil War and little Ben Walker he be born da year da war started. He be born a slave but this young un he had himself a future. So to be tru to his story the riting it gonna be as riginal as I'S can get it cause I's trying to be a good storyteller see and get ya'll in the mood see. Enjoy this here story!


This story will hopefully honor the men and women of this dark time in American History. I in no way mean to insult, ridicule, mock or demean the wonderful people of that generation, but it si my understanding that at the time that their speach was I am writing due to the lack of educational oppurtunities available to them and the cruel poverty they had to endure. This story will demonstrate how strong, admirable, respectable, intelligent and industrious this generation was throught the two main characters of Ben and Sarah Walker. I also hope to portray how deeply moral and religious they were, which is what I believe has been such a unique characteristic to the black culture in the Rural American South that still exists today.

be careful

Unfortunately the way this blog works I don't yet know how to keep stories together so be careful of how you read the post they may not be in the right order I apologize for the inconvenience.

The new girl

This girl was no dummy she had grew up hard and growing up hard has one very big advantage. It makes you strong, you have to be just to survive. Her name was Billie which she secretly hated because it made her sound like a boy. She knew she wasn't or couldn't be a frilly prissy girl, but did she have to have a boy's name too! She saw Tiff-a-nee and Britt-a-nee eyeing her and looking at her like she stunk! She knew their type but she never imagined part of their diddain for her was jealousy! She had no idea she was pretty!
Billie beat all three boys in basketball and as they stood their shocked,embarrassed and secretly impressed she stomped off with her head held high and went right past Tiff and Brit and let out a disgusted sigh. Billie wasn't a mean person she only did it to be first and she was right. Brit and Tiff gave each other a look like uh that was so supposed to be our sound!
Billie was not going to let anybody put her down anymore she was going to show everyone she was more. More than her circumstances showed and in the process everyone including Billie was about to be schooled!