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	“Where was I born, matam ? Wi~iy itts my understanding that it was Catawba c~ounty, North. Carolina. As far a~ I remeiaber, Newton ~vas the nearest town. . I was born on a place be1ongin~ to ~Taoob Signians. I can. just barely remember my mother. I was not 11 when. they sold zne away from her. I can just barely Sernember her.
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	But I do remem~ber hOW she used to take us chi~dren and knee.1 down in front of the fireplace and pray. She‘~d

Dray thet the tinie would eoine when. everybody could worship the Lord under their own vine e.nd fig tree-~--~-aI1 of them free. It‘~s come to nie lots of times since. There she was a‘praying, and on other plantations wonien was a‘praying. ~ai over the country the sanie prayer was bein€ prayed. Guess the Lord. done he~rcl the prayer and answered~ it,
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	Old mau $igrnens wasn‘t a bad niaster. Don‘t. reniexii.ber so much about him~, I oou1dE~tt have been 11 when he sold. me to

Pinkney Setzer. He kept nie for e. little while and then. he sold. xue to David Robinsôn.~ All three of thexn IlTed. not so f ar cpal~1t ta North. Ç~ro11ua. But pretty soon after he bought me Old nie~n Dave Robinson moved to Texas. We Was there ~vhen the \~)i.r started~. We stayed there all duriri~ the war, I was set rree there. ~