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	t s faml ly end for our rami ].y. ~ . . We were allowe d an ample amount of ~ooc~ clothing which ]~tir. ~I~11 selected from the stock In his store. My father worked as a porterinthe store and. did other gobs around the house. I did x~ot have to work and spent most of my tlnie playing with the Hall children. We were considered the better c1a~s of slaves and did n.ot know the meaning of a hard time.

	Other slave owners whippe d their ~ slave s severely and often ‚ but I bave never known our master to whip any one of my family. If any one in the family became ill the femily doctor was called- in as often as he was needed.

	We did not have churohes of our own but were allowed to attend the white churches in the afternoon. The White families attended in the fore— noon. We seldom heard a true religious sermon; but were constantly preached the ~.oetrine of obedience to our masters and mistresses. We were required to attend church every sunday.

	Marriages were conducted In much the seme manner as they are today. after the usual courtship a minister was called in by the master and t he marri age ceremony would then take place • In ny opini on people of today ~re more lax in their attitude toward marriage than they were in those days. ~o11ovd ng the marri age of a slave couple a celebrati on would take place often ~he master and his family would take part in the celebration.

	I remember hearing my mother and father discuss the war; but

•d~3 too young to know just the effect the war would h~ve on the slave. One ~ay I remember Mr. Hall caning to my mother telling her we were free. FIà exact words were q~uote - “Liza you don‘t belons to me any longer you belong to yourself. If you are hired now I will have to pay you. I do not want you t o leave as you have a hœie here as long as you live . „ I watched my ~iiother to see the ~ffect his words would have on her and I saw her eyes fill