and I would walk between. I would cry f•e1~ng aor:ry roi them, but I dÏd~“ t

know why they cried 80 fliLich. • I know now it wae ac~ua11y times. Ieth is

horDible. .

	“Mars Sam Shan come hcme~ went sown to the cabix~——they was acattered

~	over the fields——and told them the War was over, they was free but that

~	they could stay. Then come acme runners, white men. They was Yanicee nan.

~	I know that no‘s. They say yoù must get pay or go off. We stayed that

~	year. Another man went to pa ansi said he would give him half of what he

~	made. He got us all up and we went to Pleasant Hill. We done to1er~b].e well, S

	“Then he tried to buy a ktise and five acres and got beat out ot it.

~	The minor heirs corne and took it. I x~ever 1~nt in books till I went to

: school. Seem like things was in a cou~aion after I got big nough for
~	that. I‘ d sweep and rake an~ cook and wash ths dishes, card, . spin, hoe,

~	scour the floors and tables. I would knit at nightheap of times. We‘d

~	sing some at nicht.

~	“Colored tolk8 coul~u‘t read so they couldn‘t sing at church lesan

~	they learnt the T songs by hearing them at hoi~ • Colored folks would ~et and sing ai~d pray end preaàh at the cabine. ~

	“My first teacher was a white man, Mr. Babe Wiliroy. I went to him Several short sessions and on rainy days and cold days cou.ldn‘ t work in the field. I worked In the field all my life. Cook out in the winter~back to the field in the spring till fall again•

	“Well ‚ I Jes ‚ had this one girl • I carried her along wIth me • She Would play round and. then. ehe was a heap of help. She is mighty good to ~ flow.