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:~. ~‘ers den ‚ and I aIn‘t neyrer been to. ~o1~Q1 a clay in my Ufe.

S_r~ ers \~s more skeered of newspapers th~n dey ~s.øf snakes now,
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S ~ ~	~	never knrwed. w±~at a Bible was den~ dais.	S

“Niggers neverhad no ch~rohes of de.Ir own den.

S~7 ‘:1ent to de white tolkses‘ churches ~r4 sot in d~e gallery.
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55 -~e Sunday when me aiid~ my sister France~ went to church I ~ ~ ~ and show~L it to her. She t~uk

‘5:5 ~w~iy from rae. Dat‘s de onlicst raoney I seed dunn‘ slavery

S~ 5~e • Cours e you knows dey throwed L~on~federate money away t~r

.~ ~ sh ~ t t ~: r d e we r we s ove r • Den us yo~ing oha ps used to pla y

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sI never went to no bapti~1n~‘s nor no funerals

S,~. t~cr den. Funerals warn‘tde~~~e. When a A~Ig~er died

S~3r~ days, dey jus‘ put his bodyin a boxi;and buried it. I

t~~embers very well when I~unt Saille and ~unt Oatherine died~. ~

S •~ ~ ~ little den, and I didn‘t take ~t In ~at dey done S :~ ~t buryin‘ ‘em.

“None of ~arse Alec‘s s1a~es never run away to	S

S : ~rth, ‘c~cAße he was so good to ‘em dey never wantedto S

„ ~ve hirn. ~e onliest Nigger what left ~arse Alec‘s place was

‘.iicIe ~eve, ~nd he wouldn‘t have left ‘o~pt he got in trouble ~	S

‘t:~d a w~iite ‘onian. You needn‘t ax rue I~rneme ~‘cause I ain‘t ‘~~ne to tell it, but~ I knows it well as ~L dOe~ my Own name~

;~ .:~rh ow ~!! ~ .. ~ ~a~~m1 t old hua to :~yE~, end nobody never seed him no more ~itter dat.
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