Alabama
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‘1e11, make tracks den.t An‘ Mistis, he 1er‘ raght den. !e didn‘t
wait for no .	~ • He was de	~ oberseer us ever had. He ~

tuk•my oltest brother an‘ had him stretched out jus‘ lak you see Christ on de cross; had hirn chained, an‘ I sot down on de groun‘ by him an1 cried ai]. night lack Mary an‘ dein done. Dat oberseer TYr(),g de fus‘ one dat ever putt me in de fiel‘, an‘ he whupped me wid

ae cat er nine tails when I was stark naked.

	“Den dere was anudder mean man named who was alway~ a-beatin‘ nigger women caze dey wouldn‘t mind him.

	“Us warn‘t learned to read an‘ write, but Mr. aerry Brownt s slaves were. He owned a big plantation. Us didn‘t go to no nigger church, caze dere warnt hone. I was babtized in Jones Creek, an‘ Dr. EdrnontB a white preacher, J‘ined me to de Jones Creek Babtist Church long fo‘ de war, an‘ de song I lacked/beg‘ was a white folks song. Twarn‘t no nigger song. It was lack dey sing it now, ‘cep‘ ~flo, lovely, Miss, mo‘ lovely.

Dark was de night
Col‘ was de groun‘
On which my Savior lay
Blood in draps of sweat run down
In agony he pray.

Lawd, move did bitter cup
If sich dy sacred will
If not content I‘ll drink it up
Whose pleasure I‘ll fulifil.

~	anudder one us niggers useter sing was mighty pretty:

In evil long I tuk de light
An‘ led by shame an‘ fear
When a new object stopped my flight
An‘ stopped my wild career.