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run away. Patterollers nevex‘~ runned me none, but dey did git atter some of de other slaves a whole lot. ~rse Joe Allue had one pet s lave wha t he s ont new8 by.

	.	“When slaves come in f‘Um de field8 at night, dey wa~ glad to jus‘ go to bed and rest deir bones. Dey stopped off f‘um field vrnk at dinner time Saddays. Sadday nights us had stomp down good times pickint de banjo, blowiflt ~ quills, drinkin‘ liquor, and dancin‘ • I was shot one fast Nigger den. ~ Sunday was rneetin‘ day for grown folks and gals . Boys th‘ owed rooks and hunte d b irds‘ ne ats dat day.

	~~Christ ~flaß rnornint 8 US chillun was up ~ fore squirrels ‚ 1ook.~ j~t up de chimbly for Santa Claus. Dere was plenty to~ eat den - syzi~~i,

cake, and evvything.

	‘~I~ew Year‘s Day de slaves all went back to wuk wid most of ‘em clearin‘ new ground dat day. Dere was allus plenty to do. De only other holidays us had was when us was rained out or 1f sleet and snow droTe us ou~t of de fields. Evvybody had a good time den a frolickin‘. When us was. trackin‘ rabbits in de snow, it was heaps of fun.

	0ïarse J~oe had~ piles and piles of corn lined up in a ring for de corn shuckin‘s. De gen‘ra]. pitched de songs and de Niggers would follow, keepin‘ time a~~singint and shuckin‘ cors. Atter all de corn was shucked, dey was give a big feast wid lots of whiskey to drink and de slaves was ‚ lowed to dance and frolic ‚ fil mornin‘

	‘If a neighbor got behind in geth‘rin‘ his cotton, Màrse J‘oe sont hi.s slaves to help pick it out b.y moonlight. Times lak dem days, us ain‘t never gwine see rio n~ore.