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	“I know this--i‘m 85. 1 was born in North Carolina.

	“Oh ‚ yes ‘in, I ‘member the War.

	“I‘m three thou~sand miles from my home.

	“Old. ;rohn Blue (Belew?) was my white folks.

	“I did have good white folks. Yes nia‘em, 1,11 say that. Stayed there a long time after we was sot free. They was good to us.

	“~I1y mother was the mother of twelve chillun—-she was a fast breeder.

	“I was the onliest girl and old misais was just wild about me. I had good owners. I don‘t remember no hard. treatment among ‘em.

ni ‘member she used to have me runnin‘ from house to house totin‘ a
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little note, That‘s the reason I had arch a goodtime. Heap of times I

slept up at the big house with old misais.

	nI got a good memory. We was allowed to sing and. pray. I white folks was good that way. I‘ 11 say that for ‚ em. ‚ I ‘ t

	“Our folks stayed right on there a long time.

	“My father died three years after ever ‚ thing had done got quiet and peaceful.

“I left my husband back there and come here to Arkansas with my mother.

	“The bigges‘ work I dorte.‘-I used to be terrible ‘bout cookin‘, washin‘ and. it ‚ and fi ei d work. Zver‘ thing a man ever done ‘ ye done.~—cut Wood, cut down sprouts, burn bruah~I‘ve done ever‘thing.
- - -	~ Mrs. Bernice Bowden

Yane Reece
819 1. Ninth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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go back on ‘em.