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	!IUs haa lots •bette•r times aern days dan now. Whatter aese niggers


know ‘bout corn shuckin‘s, en 1o~‘ rollin‘s, en house raisints? Marse Spenc~ used ter let his niggers have candy pullin‘s in syrup rnekkint time, en de way us wud dance in de moonlight wuz sompin‘ d.ese niggers nowadays doan know nuffin ~ ~bout .„

	“All de white folks love ter see plenty er healthy, strong black


chillun commt long, en dey wuz watchful ter see dat tomans had gooc3 keer when dey chilluns vruz bawned. Dey let dese tomans do easy, light wuk toward~s de last ‘foi de chilluns is bavined, en den attervmds dt~y doan do nuffln much twel dey is well on strong er~,in. Folks tell tbout some plantations whar de omans ud run back home fusn de fielt en heir day baby, en den be back in do fiel ~ swingint er hoe fo ~ night dat samc~ day . but dey uioan nuffin 1~Jc dat ‘round ~

	“When er scritch owl holler et n~.ght us put en iron in de fire quick, en den us turn all de shoes up side do~in on de flo‘, on turn de pockets wrong side out on all de close, kaze effen we dident do dem things quick, sompint mou~jhty oad ruz sho ~ ter happen. Moet en lakly, sornobudd.y ~viint!er be daid in dat house fot long, if us woan quick tbout fixin‘. Thut us do in summer time, tbout fire at night for do ~critch o~l? Us j~~t oakivver d~ coals in de fire. placc. Us diden1 h~v no matches, on us hank de fire wid. ashes evvy night all de ye~tr ~roui-i~. Effon du fire go out, kazo some nigger git koerless t~out it, den som~buddy gotter go off tor de next plantation Sometime ter git live coals. Some er de . mens could w‘ik d.c flints right good, but d‘~t 1:îuz or hard. job. Dey jes rui d~m flint rocks ter~edder right fn~8l ~ let de si~arks day makcs drap dowi~ on er plocc er pimk wood, en dey