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for de x~iens. I done forgot most of what dey made us take. I know dey made us wear asstiddy (asafetida) sacks ‘round our necks, and eat guingoo wax. ~ Dey rubbed our heads wid caniphor what was ralxed ~gid whiskey. Old folks used to conjure folks when dey ~ot mad. at ‘ein. Dey went in de woods and got certain kinds of roots and biled. ‘ein wid spider webs, and give ‘em de tea to drink.


“One ~ day us chillun was playin‘ in de sand pile and us looked up and seed a passel of yankees comin‘. Dere was so many of ‘em~ it was lak a flock of bluebirds. ‘Fore dey left some folks thoughtdey was more lak blue devils. My mammy was in de kitchen and 01e Miss said:

‘Look out of dat window, Milly; de yankees is commt for sho‘ and dey‘s goin‘ to free you and take you and your chillun ‘way from me. Don‘t leave me ~ Please ‘ t leave me ‚ Milly! ‚ Dein yankees swa‘rxned into de yard. Dey opened de smokehouse, chicken yard, corncrib, and evvything on de place. Dey tuk what dey wanted and told us de rest was ours to do what us pleased wid. Dey said us was free and dat what was on de plantation b‘longed to us, den dey went on off and us never seed ‘e~ no more.


“When de War was over 01e Miss cried and cried and begged us not to leave her, but us did. Uswent to wuk for a man on halves. I ha~1 to
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wuk in de field ‘til I was a big gal, den I went to wuk for rich/folks. I ain‘t never wuked for no pore white folks in my whole life.


“It was a long time ‘fore L~iggers could buy land for deirselfa ‘cause dey had to make de money to buy it wid. I couldn‘t rightly say when