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	“No, Missy, I nev•r went to no echool. White folka nsver learned me nothin‘. I bellevee ifl tellin‘ white folks the truth.

	“White folke didn‘t ‘low us to marry ao I neyer married till I o~ to Arkansa3 and that was one year after eurrender.

	“Pirat place I landed on wee sohn Clayton ‚ a place • Mr. ~oJm Clayton waa a Yankee and he wae good to ua. We worked in the field and etayed there two ysari. I been all up and down the river end oh Lord ‚ I had a good time after I wae tree. I been treated right aince I was tree. My color is good to me and the white folks, too. I ain‘t goin‘ to tell only the truth. Uncle Sam goin‘ send n~ ‘oroas the water if I don‘t tell the truth. Better not fool with dat m~“