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and hit dis pore little chile ‘cross de head and kilt her right dar. Den he told his slave-s to take her and throw her in de river. Her nia begged and prayed, but he didn‘t pay her no ‘ten— tion; he made ‘em throw de chile in.
	NOne of de slaves married a young ~a1, and dey put her

in de ‘tBj~~ House“ to wuk. ~ One day Mistess jumped on her ‚ bout somethin~g and de ~a1 hit her back. Mistess said she wuz goin‘ to have Marster put her in de stock and beat her when he come home. When de gal went to de field and told her husband ‘bout it, he told her whar to go and stay ‘tu he got dar. Dat night he took his supper to her. ~e carried her to a cave and. hauled pine straw and put in dar ror her to sleep on. lie fixed dat cave up just lak a house for her, put a stove in dar and run de pipe out through de ground into a swamp. ~verybody always wondered how he fixed dat pipe, course dey didn‘t cook on it ‘fil night when nobody could see de smoke. He coiled de house wid. pine logs, made beds and tables out or pine poles, and dey lived in dis cave seven years. Dunn‘ dis time, dey had three chullun. Nobody wuz wid her when dese chillun wuz born but her husband. He waited on her wid each chile. De chillun didn‘t wear no clothes ‘cept a piece tied ‘round deir waists. Dey wuz just as hairy as wild people, and dey wuz wild. When de~T come out of dat cave dey would run everytime dey seed a pusson.

	“De seven years she lived in de cave, diffunt i~olk~ helped keep ‘em in food. xier husband would take it to a certain