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Freedom

	~!When. I first heard them ta1kin~ about freedom, I didn‘ t kriw v~hat

freedom was. I was there standin‘ right up and 1ookin~ at ‘era when they told us ~e was free. And master said, ‘You all free now. You can ~o where you want to.‘

	“They never give you a thing when they freed you. They ~1ve you some work to do. They never looked for nothin‘ only to ~o to work. The white folks always had the best of it.

	“When ŕbe Lincoln first freed ‘em, they all stood together. If this one was ill the others went over and sit up with him. If he needed some~ thing they‘d carry it to him. They don‘t do that now. They done well then. As soon as they quit standing together then they had trouble.


~	wages Then

	“Fellow said to me, ‘Campbell, I want you to split up them blocks ax~d pile ‚ em up for me • ‚ I said ‚ ‘~ihat you i‘ to pay ‘ He said. ‚ ‚ I ‚ II pay you what is right . ‚ I said, ‘That won‘ t do; you have to tell ue what you goin‘ to give rae before I start to work.‘ Ând~he said to ras, ‘You can git to hell out of here.‘


Selling and Bu~ying ~1aves

	“They‘d put you up on the block and. sell you. That is just what they‘d do--sell you. These white folks will do anything,—-anything they want to do. They‘d take your clothes off just like you was some kind of a beast.

	“You used to be worth a thousand dollars then, but you‘re not worth two bits now. You ainTt worth nothin‘ when you‘re free.