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~G~‘andma lived with papa. She was part Indian. As long as papa lived

. he share cropped and ginned. He worked as long as he was able to hit a lick. lie died four miles east out from Sanitobia on Mr. Hayshaws place. What I told you is what I know. He said he was sold that one tine. Hubbards had plenty to eat and wear. He was a boy and they didn‘t want to stunt the children. Papa was a water boy and filed the hoes for the chopping hands. He carried a file along with them hoeing and would sharpen their hoes and fetch ‘em water in their jugs. A~tnt Salue, his sister, took keer of the children. ~

	“Papa went to the var. He could blow his bugle and give all the war signals. He got the military training. Hirn and his triend Charlie Grim used to step around and show us how they had to march to orders. His bugle had four joints. I don‘t know what went with it. Prom what they said they didn‘t like the War and was 80 glad to get h~.

	~Between the big farms they had worm fences (rail fences) and gates. You had to get a pass rrom your master to go visiting. The gates had big chains and locks on them. Soene places was toilgates where they traveled over some man‘ s land to town. On them roads the man owned the place charged. He kept soins boy to open and shut the gate. They said the gates was tall.

	“Some ot the slaves that had hard masters run off and stay in the woods. They had nigger dogs and would run them--catch ‘em. He said one man (Negro) was hollowing down back of the wo~n fence close to where they was working. They all run to him. A great long coachwhip snake was wrapped ‚ round him, his arms and all ‚ and whooping him with ita tail. It cut gashes like a knife and. the blood poured. The overseer cut