Alabama	:~uI/99	~	‚~‘,	lia B e PMfl6, Mobile 20
				Dernps A. Oden, Editor
	HE MISSES D~V1
“SET—DOWN HAWG~S“	~


	In Prichard, a suburb of Mobile, lives an old, blind Negro, ~‘UncIe Henry« Barnes, who says he was born in 1858, near Suggsville, Clarke County, Alabama. ~

	“Cose I was borned a slave, but I don‘t ‘member much ‘bout lilt, tcaze I was 11‘l. Dere Is one t‘lng I does ‘member, an‘ dat was when dey cut w~ermelons at de oberseer‘s house an1 dey want us ~j,~ niggers run races to gît our piece. I ~es wouldn‘t run

an‘ my mammy she whup ni e ~ ~ z e I so ~tubbo rn an ‚ when I gi t my
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piece o~ melon, I fly down de Ian~ whar our log‘ cabins was. Dem

c‘abîns was daubed wid cl~Cy, an‘ de chtmbleys wa~ built outten clay 9,fl‘ stick. Our beds was homemade an1 had t‘ree legs wid de yuther side nail to de wall. I ‘member atter I got a big boy, my thamrny had a bed made outten lumber an‘ I slep‘ in dat bed ‘twel I was ~.‘rowed ant ma‘ed.

	UI ‘members uss 01e Mistis, Miss Dell. lilss Dell was a good :~±st±s ant she useter hab Sunday School ebher~ &md‘y morni~t‘ at de ‘31g House an‘ all us li‘l niggers ~reflt up dar for her to teach us ~bout de Bible an‘ Jesus.

~	John was good to all he slaves an‘ he wouldn‘t stan‘

~iO rush er meanness tO h~S nigg~ers. Iffen d& oseer got mean, Cle Marster would turn him off. 01e Marster allus tuk good keer ‘)f he slaves, ‘caze when dey got sick, he hab de doctor, jes l~i~ ~~~hen de wh±te follcs got sick. One c~ Marse John‘s boys, Marse 1iennie, was a doctor, an~ he was a good doctor, cep‘n‘ he gi~ri us