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c~1ara Walker
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	What did dey do? D6~ killed a hog--$resh killed a hoe. An‘ dey fry up de fat~--fry lt up wid some of de hog hairs an‘ dey greesed nie good. ju‘ lt took all de fire out of de burns. Dey kept rae greezed for a 1on~ time. I ~as s1~k nearly six months, Dey was good to me.

	An one day, young miss, she married. 01‘ xalss give nie to her tiong of 23 others. Twenty four ~as all she could spare ant keep some for herself an save enough for de other children. We went to California. Young ~lss vvas good, but her husband was mean. He give nie de only white folks whlppini~ I ever had. Oit miss never had to wl4p her slaves. I was tryint to cook on. an. earth stove~~dat‘s why it happen. Did you ever hear of an earth stove? Well, dey make sort of drawers out of dirt. ~ burn wood in tern.

After you glt used to lt you kin cook o~ lt ~ But dat ~ay i: was busy an‘ I burned de biscuits. Axi‘ he whip me.

	I run. o ft • I knew in gene ra 1 a e way home • When I come to de Brazos river it looked most a mile across. But I jump in an‘ I swini lt. One day I done found a pearl handled poeket knife. A ~ew days later I meet up wid a white boy. ~#nt he say Its his knife, an‘ I say, tWhite boy, I know dat ai ri‘ t your kni fe ‚ ‘ you know it al ‘ t • But if yo u ‚ 11 wr lt e me out a free pass, i‘ll give it to YOU.t jflt SO he wrote it. After dat, I could walk right up to de front gates an ask for