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	si amt t neve‘r 8eed no sich time in my life as dey had when Marse Will G~1over married Mise Moorehead. She had on~ a white satin dre es wid a veil over her face ‚ and I ~ dare to goodne sa I never seed sich a pretty white lady. next day atter de weddint day, ~rse Will had de infare at his house and I knows I am‘ t never been what 80 much good to eat was sot out in one place as dey had dat day. Dey even had dried cow, lalc what dey calls chipped beef now. Dat wa~ somepin‘ brand new in de way of satin‘ ~ den. I e t so mucb~ I was skeered I warn‘t gwine to ~e able tc~ go ‘long back to Marss Joe‘s plantation wid de rest of ‘ein.

	‘~O1d Marster put evvy foot forward to take care of his slave a when dey tuk sick, ‚ cause dey was his own prope rty. Dey poured asafi ddy (asafe tida) and ~pine t op tea down us ‚ and made us take tea of some sort or another for tmost ai]. of de ailments dere was dem days . Slave s wore a nickel or a copper on s trings ‚ round leir ne cks to keep off sickness. Some few of tern wore a dime; but dimes was hard to git.

	“One gaine us chillun played was tdoodle.t jJ~ would find us a doodle hole and start callin‘ de doodle bug to come out. You might talk and talk but if you didn‘t promise him a jug of ‘lasses he wouldn‘ t corne up to save your life • One of de songs us . sung playin‘ chilluns games was sorter lak dis:
		“Whose been here
		Sincel been gone?
		A pretty little gal
	.	Wid a blue dress on.‘

	“Joy was on de way when us heared ‘bout freedom, if us did