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	“De Lawd wouldri‘ trusted. Peter wid no keys to Heaven,11 in the OT)±fllOfl Of George Young, of Livingston. Alabama, born into slavery ninety— o~e -rears ago. Georgeknew the rigors of slavery under an absentee land— lOrd and brutal overseers, according to the story he tells.

	“I was born on what was knowed as de 0hapman Place, five miles

r	of Li~‘ingston, on August 10th, l846,~ George began his tale. ~ ~ na‘ne was George Chapman ant I had five brothers, Anderson, Harrison,

;:iIllani, Henry an‘ Sam, an‘ three sisters, Phobe, Frances and Amelia. My
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	:~o h‘ s naine was Mary Ann Chapman	~ my	h‘ s name was Sam Young,

•but 1e b‘ionged to Wir. Chapman. Us all belonged to ~overnor Reuben Ciiap~~ .~an of Alabama.

“The overseer‘s name was Mr. John Smith,an‘ anudder‘s name was ‘..Y~. Lawler. He was dere de year I was born, an‘ dey called hit “Lawler

:~ar.“ Bofe of ‘em was mean, but Lawler, I hear tell, was de meanes‘. ~e: ~ad over three hunded ~slaves, caze dey had three plantations, one a~ ~ one in HuntsvifleAdis yere one. I can‘t say iarsa Chapman wasn‘t . 3:~:~~ to us, caze he was all de time in Huntsville an‘ jes‘ come now an‘ 1e:~ an‘ brinc~ his famIly to see ‘bouten‘ things. But de overseers was

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	“I seed slaves plenty times wid iron ban‘s ‘roun‘ dey ankles an‘

E ~1e 1:-i d~e bans • a iron rod fasten to hit what went up de outside of

Th:- :e~ to de wais‘ an‘ fasten to another iron ban‘ ‘roun‘ de waist. Dis

;~~re ~‘~as to keep ‘em from bendin‘ dey legs an‘ X~Unnin‘ away. Dey call

-Y: ~~ttj~‘ de stiff knee On YOU, an‘ hit sho‘ made ‘em stiff~ Sometimes

: ~ :~ac~e ‘em sick, too, caze dey had dem iron ban‘s so tight ‘roun‘ de

~	c~~at when dey tuók ‘em off live things was under ‘ern, an‘ datts