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Henry woul&n‘t sell Mammy, an~d ~arse Billie‘ i~uldn‘t sell‘ Daddy, so dey didn‘t git to see one another but twice a week ~ dat was on Wednesday and Sad~y nights - ‘tu atter de war was done over. I kin still.‘mernber Daddy comin‘ over to Märse Henry‘s planta-‘ tion to see us.

	“Marse Henry kept a lot of slaves to wuk his big old plantation whar he growed. sus‘ evvything us needed.to eat and wear teept sugar and coffee and de brass toes for our home-made, brogan shoes. Dere allus was a-plentyt‘eat and wear on dat place.

	.	“Slave quarters was log cabins built in long rows. Some had chirablies in de middle, twixt two rooms, but de most of ‘ein was jus‘ one-room cabins wid a stick and mud chimbly at de end. Dem chirnblies was awful bad ‘bout ketehin‘ on Lire. Didn‘t nobody have no glass windows. Dey jus‘ had plain plank shutters ror blinds and de doors was made de same way, out of rough planks. All die beds was home-made and de best of ‘ein was corded. Dey made holes in de sides and foots and haidpieees, and run heavy homemade cords in dem holes. Dey wove ‘em crossways in and out of dem holes from one side to another ‘til dey had ‘em ready to lay de r~attress mat on. I‘se helped to pull dem cords tight many a time. Our mattress ticks was made of homespun cloth and was stuffed wid wheat straw. ‘Fore de mattress tick was put on de bed a stiff mat Wove out of white oak splits was laid on top of de cords to pertect de mattress and make it. lay smooth. Us was ‘lowed to pick up all de old dirty cotton ‘round de place to make our pillows out of.