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time. W2ien de ~I~ves w~u1d tz7 to Zaun away øuz~~beraeer would put

chain s Ôfl dere~1e~s ‚ wid b1~ Ibri~ ~ tween.. dere ~ ~:.go d~e~

cøuld&t ~lt~ away. ~ i~8~sßen ~ ~ ~

on de block ~!. ~ so1‘~jus‘ lak de7 was~co~5 $ometimes ~de~ebiiI1r).n~ . ~

wouldbe eep~t.ed from dere~maws ~‘~paw~	S ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ .:. . ~

	“I comepretty•neat‘ to bélni tukaw&~frôrrumy maw. •When~e~ :

slaves was bein‘ ‘vided, one of oie Mis~‘ datters was‘ agoin1 to

Texas, an‘• I was goin! &j.o have to ~owi~ezi so.rnebo&yhoUerid ~F~eè~ dom‘, an‘~ i~•sho~t wa~~i.ad .‘ca,ze:I ~ou1.d ataywl&fliy marthy n~ ~

“In dose •. days us ha& plent3r of~od, ~ plain ~ food.; sU4h: as/~ot	. ..‚

Iikker, greens, oornbread, !taters, peas, pears, an‘. at. hogkUUn‘

us haã chlttiln~s ‘an‘ pi~ j.owls an~ b~1ek botie;~.Den ~	S

‘posstuns at~nlghtwhen.:.&ey comeup In ~ ~ .
no flotir dough. ~ ~ S	. ~ ~ y, ~‘;.	.	~ ~ S~

	aAá for. fishin‘ ‚ we neber did. none, tca~e we hadda work too. . hard. We worked from~an to can‘t.‘ Oit up at sunrise1 go to~ de

fIel‘ aii‘ stay till dark. In de middle of de day dey wouid:~en1. our • somp‘n t‘eat to de fiel‘ wid a barrel of water, But for breakfas‘

~n‘ supper, us hadda cook our own~ £rub dey gib us. ~	.
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	SOur elos( ar‘ t many. Us chlI].uns wo ‚ a one-~p1eoe suit

:ï~de outen ausenberg, an‘ u~ would habto take dat off atnight~.. . ~

‘;.~ sh lt an‘ put lt back on de nex‘ day.	As for shoes, ~ ~ili1ufl eber

h~d none. ~ You see, white folks, I waa ~)us‘ ‚ a chile, jua~ ~ big~ enough ~

to tote water to de fiel‘s.	~ ~ ~ S ~ • ~• S

NI ‘ntenthers when de Yankees was .aoo~nln‘ though I hoped to ~

Ct~ de hosees to de wood~s. an‘ hoped to bide:d.e meat an‘ bury de .	S vdu‘bies, ‘caze dein Yankeee tuk whateve±b dey:~wanted;~a11~ yô~.better S
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rAot say noth.th‘ ~~nettheD ~Ôaze dey ha~ dem. ioit~. sw~Me ahan~1nt Ä~: .	~ ~
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