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Y 1~i~ti8~‘ JLiSSLOU, wasÇra~sin 4#ÇUP to~~be a~8‘X~8~Ç~ driver,

en‘ she was jes‘ as good to rue as sheÇcouldÇ.be. ~ up.

v~i(ï castoroil, jims.QnÇÇ~1~oot, md dogwoodtea when 11d be feelin‘ ~Otl~)

~rid she‘d always take up ~or ~ 1~ars~ Jiluget ifl behi.nd me ‘bout Ç

%~o~ep‘fl. I ~ though I was apirtyworrisome.nigger in~m days;. ai-

v‘r~~•g gettin‘ in some kifldOf mischief. Ç	• Ç •Ç~Ç Ç Ç~

Ç ‚IQ ~ I usetag. to meetin‘. Us niggers didn‘t haveno Ç

E~eetin‘ house on de plantation, but 1~arse Jim. 1lowed1~~Çbu~ld a bresh~

~ Denb~ro years atterk~ surrender I took consIderation and fined up ri~ de Lawd. Dat‘s1ow~me I live so lone. De Lawd done tpidme, l~fl~flly,~yQ~ gotahuridred and twenty miles toirabel. Dat mean you swine to live Ça hundred and twenty ~ ‚ i~ you stay on de Ç straight ari~ narrow ro~. ~~ti1 you ~ ~QU gotter go jes‘ de same as alide yuthers‘‘~

	‘tTell me something about your master‘s slaves and his overseers,“ I ~~ed of him. Ç Ç ~ Ç

	“Weil“ he said, “Marse Jim had ‘bout ~ Ç and he ~N:~ one mighty.had overseers But he ~got killed down on de bank of de Cree‘~ one night. Dey never did. f~nd outvho killed~ him, but k~arse Jim ~1~Çra~5 b‘lieved. de field han‘s done it. ‘F.Çore~.t usztggers~seta go 5~orrn to de creek to wash ourselves, but atter de overseer got killèd down
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~m.,n dar, us jes‘ leave off dat washin‘, ‘cause some of ‘em seed de over— s e e r ‚ s ha‘ r~t down dar f b at î n ‚ ov er de cre ek . . Ç Ç

	“Dar was another ha‘nt on de plantation, too. Marse Jim had some ~r~uble wid a big double-j‘~nted nigger named doe. One day he turn on 4~rse Jim wid a fence rail, and i~arse Jim had;to pull his gun an‘ kill

~	Well, dat happen in a skirt of woods what I get my lightwood what
~: Alabama