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.	‚ “Old Marst~rwa~ powèrful g‘~odt6 i~isi~jg~èi‘s
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.~~eflde7gOt5iCk. Ee had ‘em seed atter soon“~sit~*~s~

‘L~crted to hiiti dat dey was aiim‘.‘ Yessum, derewarx~‘!~ .:

fl“~tt!1fl‘ short tbout our good M~rsters, “deed dere warn‘tt Grandpa Stafford had a sorelaig end Marse Lordnorthlooked ?ttPr hirn and had Uncle Tim dress dat pore old sore 1a1~‘ ~ ~71fy ~ay. Slaves didn‘t git sick es often as Niggeradoes

.	.‚ 12!L~aYs. ~ar~iyMary had all sorts of teas made up tor us;‘ ‘cordin‘ to whatever ailraent us had. Boneset tea was for colds‘.

)e fust thing dey ‘áIIu~ done for Sore throat was~ive‘uá tea ~s~de of red oak bark wid a1urn~ Seurvy gràss tea éieant us~ ~ut in the springtime, and. dey mad. us wear 1it~1e sacks of ~ssriddy (asafetida} ground our necks to keep off lots o~ sorts of rriseries‘. ‚ Some follcses hung de left hind f~ot of a ‚ mole on a string ‘round dèir babies necks to make‘ ~em téethé‘ ~ easier. I never done nothin‘ lak dat to.rny babies ‘oausè I never believed in no such foolishment. some babies is jus‘ n~tche11y gwine to teethe easier dan others anyhow. „

.	‘p]: !x~embers jus‘ as good as if it *as yes~e‘rda‘y:‘


~~i:rt~t M~rnniy ~~ary said when she told us de fust newso~~r
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	freedom.	‘You all is free now,? she said. ‘You don‘t none
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of you be1on~ to Mister Lordnorth nor M.tster“Alec no ~orè,‘ but I does hope you will all stay on wid ~m, ~cause d~è~ will LI1US be jus‘ as göÖd to you as d~éy~ ha~ done been in de past,‘