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“In Alabama at thiB new master‘ ~ hone mother wa~ nursing. Grandma and

another old wœi,an wa~ the cooke, Mother went to the.,..r little house and told them real low ~he had the baby and a strange man in the house said, ‚ Ii that

the one you coiner let me have?‘ The man said, ‘Yea, ‘ a goiner leave in the morning b‘fore tinie2.‘

	“The new master come stand around to see when they went to sleep, That night he stood in the chimney corner. There was a little window; the moon throwed his shadow in the roc~, They said ‚ ‚ I sure do like my new master.‘ Another said, ‘I sure do.‘ The other one said, ‘This is the best place I ever been they so good to us. ‚ Then they suns a verse and prayed and got q~uiet. They heard him leave, seen his shadow go way, Heard his house door squeak when he shut his door. Then they got up easy and dressed, took all the clothes they had and. slipped out • They walked nearly in a run all night and two more days • They uldn‘ t carry much but they had some meat and. meal they took along. Their grab nearly give out when they come to some ~amp~ • Somebody t old them, ‚ This I s Yankee camps. ‚ They give them something to eat, They worked there a while. One day they took a notion to look about and they hadn‘ t gone far ‚ fore Grandpa Harri s crabbed grandma, then in‘ima, They got to stay a while but the Yankees took them to town and

Master Harris come got them and t ook them back. Their new niaster come too but he said his wife said bring the girl back but let that old woman go, Master Harris took them both back till freedom.

	“Then freedom come folks shout and knock down things so glad they was free ‚ Grandpa come back. ~ta8ter Harri s said ‚ ~ You. can bave land if you can get anything to work.‘ Grandpa took his bounty he got when he left the army and bought a pair ot rmiles. He had to pay rent the third year but till then he got what they called giving all that stayed a start,