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“AU de clothes is wore wus a~di on de plantation. Do womn had to ~th,

spin an‘ w~~e de thr~d an‘ den wiae~ de cloth wu ds it wu:r dyed wid berries. My step—father vus de she~ke~r on de plantation an‘ we always kw~d good shoes. He best ol‘ n~rster out o‘ ‘bout fifteen years work. ~hen he didn‘t tel like workia‘ he would p1~Iy like he Wus sick an‘ ol‘ ~a~ster would git ds destoz‘ fer Ida.. 1~hes ai~body got s 1o~ dey always k~d a. doctor to tend to Fia.

	Regarding hou~ss, Mr. Grsn yss “W. lived ta log ~iouses dat lad wood floors.

Dere wus one window an‘ a l:~. rge tireplt~se where de sookin‘ wus done la de ashes. De chinks in de walls ‘us daubed wid awi to keep a. ‘esther out. De bds w~a ~tds by iiar4 an‘ de ttresees wus big tiekia‘s stuffed wid etraw.~

	Continu1~ he says t “Yo‘ act~l tr~tinent de~psthed on ds kind o‘ reter you had. A heap o‘ folks done a heap better in slavery dan dey do now. ~verybod7 on our plantation vus glad when d• Yanke soldiers t1‘ us we wus fr.sw