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	~If dey wanted to go ~ P088W‘! huntln ‚ or fishin ‚ ‚ d~Y COUld get paS~e8 from de overseer, Two things dey really loved to eat was ‘possum and fish. Dey‘d eat and eat ‘till dey‘d get sick and. den dey‘d. have to boll up a close of Boneset tea to work ‘em out. If dat didn‘t make ‘em feel better, dey‘d go to Marster. He always kept calomel, ‘bluemas and quinine on hand. If dey got too bad of~ sick, den marster would call de doctor. De children wasn‘t bothered wi~th nothin‘ much but worms and dey‘d take 3erusalem oak. It was de seed of a weed. dat cook arid. mix ‘lasses to make it taste like candy. Boneset was a bush arid dey‘d boil de leaves to get boneset tea.

	“Mos ‚ of de time de slaves would be too tired to do anything but

~	go to bed at night, but sometimes dey would set around and. sing after ~ supper and dey would sing and pray ort Sunday. One of de songs dat was used moe‘ was ~ Comes Old Marster Jesus. If I remembers rightly, it went somp‘n‘ like dis:

I really believe 0hrist is commt again

He‘s 00mm‘ in de mornin‘

Hess comi~n‘ in de mornin‘

s comm ‚ wid a rainbow on his shoulder

He‘s comm1 again bye and bye.

	“Dey tried to make ‘em stop singiri‘ and p~ayin‘ dunn‘ de war, ‘case all dey“d ask for was to be sot free, but de slaves would get in de cabins and. turn a big wash pot upside down and sing into dat, and. de noIse couldn‘t get out. I don‘t remember nothin‘ about dis ceptin‘ what r~iar~rny say.

	“When de Surrender come, she say dat a whole regimens of soldiers rode up to de house yellin‘ to de niggers dat dey Was free. Den de ~oldi ers took de meat out of de smokehouse and got all . de ~ lasses and flleal and give it all to de niggers. Dey robbed de bees and den dey eat
~A1abama