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	“In dein d&ys, de slaves done all de work a& carried aU de ~±ev~ s. ~e n~óeter~t sont nOtes fr~Grn ox~te i~1ant~tTiort to anu~~~ aii~

\‘Then ‘dey ~ ~‘~“itè~d. ~ z~~èDs to eàrné tô ~dé‘ ~‘~i~1iou“èè dey ‚ *~i!d ‚~‚ b~IÔ~ „	. „ an ole~b‘öw ~ ~ ~ ‘cert~th ~ ~ ~ h~ig~ers~

Dat I : ~. ~ ~ was :p, ~ ~ ~ ‚. d ~~ais~ ~ üse ~ ~ for ‘possum“ an‘ coon ~htmtin‘ at night. De li ‘1 ni~ers at ~ nicht went to de bi~ houseto ßpin an! w‘eavè.‘ I‘ae ~p~t~á~nianyroU an“tca~ded a i:iany bat ~of, cotton. I‘ se ~t~o‘ m~è a ma±iy‘taller andle ~

strin~ onto a long stickan‘ droppin dem down into moulds filled ~id~ taller.‘‘I‘se h~d matiya night~‘in“~‘±~ti~e eox~n~x~swrien ±‘~be

e~oin‘ sorn‘ers to git my niammy some ‘t~acco., De pattyrol?èr~s w~Ïd .

be out loOkifl‘~Tor slaves dat didia“t hà~b no p~ass ~ der~‘ obérsè‘~±~,
‚‚ ~‚~‚‚~‚ ~ ‚ ‚‚~ ‚ ~‚‚‚~‚‚	‘SC ~ ~„ ~ :‚~‚‘,~~

Fflt i~ã .he~X~ deniaç~othin‘ an“ I‘d h1de~ tiil de~ ~pa~ or~, “càze‘ 1±~1~

äey cotch ~thè 1‘ ~ho‘ ~wiize‘ haire a‘ soi~thd ~‘è~ti~,‘ .‚~ ~ ~‚ ~ ~‚‚ ‘‚ ‚ ‚ ~

	“De owner‘á always tuk care of us, ‚ thit~hen ù~ ‚ got siàk dey ‚ ‚‚ would git a~~‘tor, an‘ ole MIss v~s all ri~it, but dat dbe~eèr was

~ ~ebil. He w~uldn‘t ‘10w no ineêtin‘ on de placé. 8omet1mes“~ii „ ‚~‚‚ ~ou1d slipdown de lillian‘ turn4é w~potb‘~o~n up‘~ds‘ so‘de

sounI of our voices would ~o under de po~ ai~“ us‘d have a singiñ~
Eflt	it . raght dere .	‚ ~ ‚ ~ ‚

	~I~s‘ ~f: de‘ slave couidgo ~sothetini~és to‘dè ~ ~‘~efl dey sits a ~sà from dere Mastha, but dat niean obe3~eer ‘alWays tried to keep ‘i1~ ‘from göin‘ sO‘ ~ Us eouldn‘ t learn nothin‘ • He

~1an‘t want us to learn to read or write neither.
ç	HNotm us did&t have noth‘&~ lak matche2~ tiiJI‘iaa, ‘g~~d. Ue	j

~Used flint rooke ‚ th~x“ ~ cott‘on to start dè fires‘. ‚ ‚ ~ ~ ~ ~ • ~

r ~ ~Ua d~idn“t ~ ~iot~ar‘~ ~t ~ ~‚ ~iot~e~. We dJ~iLI~ t ~

~‚ no Sarden of our oWn an‘ den wa&~t‘ ~ô ‘oeÏ~bra:tiri‘ ‚ c~1~Ïn‘•~~ ~b1

r1 ~i11~‘. Dat wa.s de big~es‘ d~y ofde year.	‚ :‘
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