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were given with Uncle Henry talking and Mattie and Loulaa offering occaaional explanations end aorreotion:

~	air, BOBS Man, my right n~ i8 Henry G~sen but eberybody, dey

ail 08.118 nIB ‘Happy Day‘ ~ 1~t is de naine whut moe‘ all calia n~ fex‘ 80 long 110W dat heap of de folks ‚ dey ‘ t eben know dat my nwae la aho wit Henry Green. I aho ain‘t no baby, Bosa )Ian, kase I is been here er long tine ‚ dat I is ‚ and near as I kin o~ at hit I is ninety years old er mo, kase Mattie sey dat de lady in de cote-houas tell her dat I is nlnety.

to, en dat ~z three years er go. I is er old nigger, Boss Man, en er bout de onliest old p~sson whut is let er round here in dis part of de county. I means whut is sho nut old, en what wt~z born way bak in de alabery t imes ‚ way to de peace wuz ‚ dared, .

	~Us “iz borned, dat is me en sister Mattie ‚ er way bak dere in Souf Alabama, down below Montgomery, in de hUis, en on de big place whut our oie marster, William Green, hed, en whar de tanyard witz. Yo see, old marster, he runned er big tariyard wid all de res of he bizness, whar dey tau de hides en mek de shoes en leather harness en sich lak, en. den too, marster, he raise eberything on de place. All whut he need fer de niggers en he own fambly, lak cotton, wheat ‚ barley, rice en plenty hogs en cows.
	~— Itfen peace hadn‘t er been ‚ dared en Marss Billy hadn‘t er died I wuz

gwine ter be Marse Billy‘ s property, kase I witz already willed ter Morse Billy. Marse Billy wu.z old Marater William Green‘s oldest son chile, en Morse Billy claimed r~ all de while, Mars. Billy, he went off to de War whar he tukkin sik en died in de camp, ‘fore he cud eben git in de :ritin.

SAtter de War iuz ober en peace cum, my gmndmeimny en my grandpappy,

dey cum en got my inaunny en all us chillun en tuk us wid d~i ter Mont gon~ry~