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Ah wuz bo‘ri ds first yiar niggar. iuz fr... Wui born in Ca1s~.

donia at d. Pri~ place. Mah ma b.long.d tuh Georg. Thompsofl~ Aftir mah .ina died ah .tay.d wid di Wommacks, a whil.. Aftuh dat mah pa taksn In. home. Pa‘s name wuz J.s~. Plueur. A~h workid lak •r ~1avs. Ah out wood, sawscl 1og~, picksd 400 poundi uv cotton •vah day. Ah sp.ck ah married di first tims ah wu& about fo‘t.in ysar~ ois Ah bs.n ir~.hr~1 thr.. timst. All inah husband‘s is daict. OL. man England and .1. man Culions run business plac.i and o].. man W.o1.y. liii name wuz reason Wool.y. D. Wooli.. got c.m.t.ry uv d.y own right dar user d. Cobb plac.. No body is buri.d in dar but d. fambly uv Woo].y.. 01. man A11.n Hals. h. run sr ttors dar too. H. is y.t livin right dar. H. is rsal si.. D. ois !arr.k. Mitch.11 piac. whar ah us• tuh liv. is

Guvn~nt land. 1arrsn Mitchsll, h. homsst.adsd ths placs. W. livid dar and wads good crops. D. purtisst dar wu~ sround, but not hit‘. gr,w.d up. Don livid dar and mad. good crops. Ds purti.st dar IUL erourid. Dar is ihah all inah chillun wus bo‘n. Ah use tuh tak. mah baby an walk tuh El Dorado to sevic.. Ah uss tub corns tuh ~1 Dorado wid a oman by ds nams of Su. ?.st.r. Nothin but wiod. whsn d.y laid dsp‘ taiiroad ~ hsah. Dsy built dsui widh hc.~si and oxsi • Ah saw im whsn d.y whoop di houes and oun till d.y fall out working dsm whsu dsy laid dat .t..1. Ah wua at de first buryin uv di fuit pusson buri.d

in Calidonia gravsyard. Huh nams wuz Jo. Ann P.1k. W. sot up wid huh all nigh t and s ing • and pray • An ihm ws got niarly tub di church di bills îtâ~t.d tolling and di folks started tuh singin.