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Us nebr did l.a~. our folkee. sben atter de Jar ober and de niWrs ~it dey fre8dc~, yit an‘ still a heap ot de niggsrs did lsaie dey pare‘ end a heap of dem didn‘ an‘ us stayed on en tar~d de Ian‘ jus‘ likeus been dom‘ ‘capt dey gib us a contract for part de crop an‘ sell us our grub ‘~inst u8 part of de ‚~ crop and take dey aon.y outen us pert ot de cotton in de fall just like de bizness is dons yit and I reckon dat was de startin‘ of de sharecrop dat is etiÏ1 goin‘ on.

*~oon atter Mare Iaich good and grown an‘ hia an‘ Miss Fannie dons

married, ole mare and ois ais., dey bote died and Mars I~ich say he gwin. sell out en‘ labs ‚ cause d.c len‘ gittin‘ so poor and wore out and it tekin‘ thrss an‘ mors acres to aeke a bale end he tell us all dat when we wind up de crop dat tall and say, ‘You boy. ~sbbs can stay on mid whosvsr I ..ll out to er it not den you can fin‘ you hcms mid so~ on close if you wants to do dat.‘ And den h. says dat he gyms fin‘ hi~ so~ good Ian‘ ~bbs in Arkansas dom de riber trou Memtis. Mighty nigh all de ois tamblys let‘ de placa when ~r.

Luch sole it out.

	“My pappy end my meumy, ~ day went to leatis and as wid ‚ em. I was growd by den end was tixin‘ to marry lila just es soon es I could tin‘ a good hc~. I was a country nigger en liked de tara en‘ en • coas wean‘ t satisfied in tom, so ‚ twaan‘ t long ‚ tors I heer.d ‚ bout hen‘ s beam‘ needed down de riber in Mississippi end data where I went en stayed for two years and bose~ I surs was struck mid dat lan‘ ibat you could make a bale to a acre on an‘ I just knowed dat I was gyms git rich in a hurry an‘ so I writ er letter to 31]a en her peoples tellin‘ dem ‘bout de rich len‘ and ‘vising dea to co~ down dsrs where 1 was end I was wantin‘ to marry lila den. Boast and you know what, ‚ twain‘ t long store I gits er letter bask en‘ de letter says dat lila an‘ h.r poplse is down de ribsr in Arkansas fron Msatia