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v~aS a good ‚ kin ‚ man an ‚ he didn ‚ t hab no trouble on de whole ~lantat ion.
	“Us alluz had a Chrjs‘mug tree in de quarter, jes‘ lak de white

folks an‘ dey was presents for e‘cr‘ybody nobody wantt lef‘ out, big or little. Dere was~eetin‘ house on de plantation an‘ Ole Marster had a rule dat all de chilluns had to go to 5unday school soon as dey was big snuff, an‘ dey had to go in clean white clo‘s~ too. U~ chilluns hate

\ t o s e e Sunday e orne ‚ ~ caz e Mammy. an ‚ Œranmamrny dey wash us ‘ near ‚ bout \rub de skin off gittin‘ us clean for Sunday school, en‘ dey comb our heads ~I1~:ic~ a jimcrow. ~ou ain‘t nebel‘ seed a jimcrow? Hit mos‘ lak a cyard vr~ipt you cyard wool wid. What a cyard look lak? Humph! Missy, whar you ~been raise - ain‘t neber seed a cyard? Dat jimcrow sho‘ did. huTt, but us hadder stan‘ hit, ant sometimes atter all dat, Mammy she wrap our kinky hair wid tjead an‘ twis‘ so tight us‘s eyes coüldn‘t‘hardly shet.

	“My G-ranmammy, her de head cook ‘oman ~A de big house, an~ us :~e.d to mine her lak us did. Mammy. I hope Œranmarnmy in de kitchen, atter

I ~ot big :~:~~~c11 she sho‘ did keep me Iiumpln‘. Chillûns had to mine c~e: ol~ers In deJdays~,dey wan‘t lak dey i~s now, don‘t m±ne nobody, not eben dey Pa.

	“When de surrender corne, Oie Marster he tole all de niggers dey v~as free now, an‘ some was glad an‘ some was sorry an‘ weist dey might be sorry, iffen dey knowed. what a hard time dey goner had kflockifl‘ ‘roun1 de ~ by de~self noOl‘e i~~arster an‘ no Oie Mi~tIg ter look atter ~erh an‘ feed ‘em when dey sick an‘ when dey well. Look lak ter me, when de E.illrender parted de white folks ant de black fôlks, it hurt ‘em bof e.
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	~r ou~hter be tergedder, jes	lak de ~ood ord	tended dey oe.
	Aunt Tildy sighed deeply and, gazing afar off, said “Iffen Oie ~arster was livin‘ now, I‘d be ail right an‘ not hafter worry ‘bout nuffint‘

	In spite of her eighty-four years, Aunt Tildy makes her living as a ~~T~ife an,d serves as a “doctor °Çnan“ in cases o±‘ minor ailments; t~ut