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	WI was born in Ttmica County, Austin, Mississippi. I been in Edinondson, Arkansas ten years, I come to do better. Said f~arming was good here. My folks‘ owners was Master Palmer

and. George Rogers. My parents was never sold. They was young folks in slavery time and at time of freedom. They was farm hands. Their naines was Pat and Ely Rogers,

	“I heard him say he made palings and went e round mending the fences when the ground was

froze. He made boards to cover the houses with‘ too--i heard him say. He was strong and worked all the time at some jobs. Never heard mother say very much.

nI been farming and I have worked on

quarter-boat and back farming. I been here ten

years.“