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Alabama
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Yankees he went wid kIeia into massa ‚ s bedroom and dey j ‘ throwed massa and mistis close all outa‘ de closet and wardrobe and he give eIn‘ mistis gold yearings and bracelets and dey took de yearings and put dem on de hosses‘ years and put de bracelets on de hosses‘ ankles.

	“01e massa was sittin‘ on de long porch smokin‘ one of dese Meerschaum pipes wid a stexii way so long and dat pipe was white as snow. Es had a big can ot tobacco on de table in front ot him. In dem days people made dey own tobacco and I wisht I had some of it now.

	“Massa had ‘bout thutty fattening hogs and de Yankees jes‘ went in de pen and cut dem hogs in two. He had 3es‘ lots of turkeys and guineas an‘ de Yankees shot dem down. He had thutty hives of bees in one long row an‘ one Yankee run up to de firs‘ hive and jump in it head first ‚ and de bees stung him till he died. De udders pull him out and took him to de well and poured water over hua but he stayed dead so dey just dug a hole down by the side of the road and bur~y him in it. Yessir, dat‘s de trufe~

	“Dey stayed dere ai]. night and camped out and cooked massa‘s good smoked meat and burnt down de barns and done ai]. de devilment dey could. I couldn‘t see no use in dere doiri‘ what dey did, but dat‘s what dey done.

	“Massa had ‘71 slaves when dey was made free. De next county wasn‘t fit for much farming and atter we was treed my Uncle Andy went dere an‘ bought a place. De land sold for 50 cents de acre atter de timber was cut off. Uncle Andy had a brudder Sam and Sam had a steer. Dey plowed wid de steer.