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*Th.y used to throw balla over the houae and aee which could catch thon

tii‘at. There would be three or four on a side of the house and they would throw the ball over the houf~e to see which aide would be quickeat and apteat.

	“My i~tbr and father both blongad to the aa~ man, Lindsay Johnion. I was a ~naU boy. I can‘t tell you how h wae to hie folka. ßsema liks though h. waa pretty good to ua. 3eea~ed like he waa a pretty good maatr.

He didn‘t overwork hie niggsra. He didn‘t beat and ‘~as them. J~ ~ve them plenty to eat and drink. You as tba bettsr a I~gro looked and th.

finer h. was tli• aors ~ney h. would bring if thsy wanted to aeli tbs~. I have heard my mother and father talk about it plenty of ti~i.

	“My rath.r worksd in the fi.ld durin~ alav.ry. My ~thsr didn‘t do much of no kind of work isich. ~. waa a woman that had lot. of children to take cars of. Sh had tour children during alavery and twelve altogether. Her children wars all mall when freedom was declared. My oldest brother, I don‘ t rs~mber ~oh about alavery except playing ‚ round with him and with the other little boya, the white boya and the nigger boys. They were very nice to i~.

	~I waa a great big boy when I heard th.~ talking about the paterolsa catching them or whipping t~. At that ti~ when they would ~ off they would have to have a pasa. When they wsnt off if they didn‘t have a paas they would whip and report them to their ownera. And they would b. liksly to get another bruahing from the ownera. TM paterolea never bothered the children any. The children couldn‘ t go anywhere without the coneent of the mother and father. And there wasn‘t any dan~sr of them ruwiing off. If they caught a little child betws•n p]antationa, they would probably juwt run them hc~. Itwaa ail right for a child to go in the different quarters and play with oi~ another during daTti juat so they got back before night.