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	“Then he sent for my inan~a attei‘ they sat him tree. His name waa Ben ~ash ingt On.

	“He never spoke nmch of freedom, He said his master in Miasiasippi told them and had theni sign up contracts to finish that year‘s crop. He took back his old. Virginia name and. I don‘t recollect that master‘s name0 Heard it too. Yes ma‘am, heap er times~ My recollection is purty nigh gone,

“I don‘t get no younger in feelings ‘cause I‘m getting o1d~“