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	Other slaves were more successful at escape, scme being ablé to remain a~ray for as long as three years at a time. ~ ~tights, they s3.1ppe~. to the plantation where they stole hogs and other food. Their shelters were usually caveZ, sanie tinies holes dug in the ground. Vhenever they were caught, they were severely whipped.

	Â slave might se cure hi s freedc~a without running away. Phi s is true in the case o~ J‘exmie Kendricks‘ grandfather who, after hiring his time out ±bor a number of years ‚ was able to save enough money with which to pur~ chase himself from his master.

	~rennie Kendricks remembers very little of the talk between her master and mistress concerning the war. She does remember being take~n to see the Confederate soldiers drill a short distance from the house. She says

“I though lt was very pretty ‚ ~ course I dl ‘ nt • know what was causir~g tbI s or
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what the results would bee. ~ Moore‘s oldest eons wenb to war himself did
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not enlist until the war was nearly over. She was told that the Yankee sol~ diers burned all the gin houses and took all live stock that they saw while on ‚ the march, but no soldiers passed near their plantation.

A~ter the war ended and all the slaves had been set free, some -~‚ ‚
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‚~ did not know lt ~ia-~ they were not told. by their masters. ~i~were
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tricked Into signing contracts which bound them to their masters for several

years longer.

	As for herself and :er ~andmother ~ they remained on the Moôre property where her grandmother finally died. Her mother moved away when freedom was aecl~red and started working for someone else. It was about this time that Mr. Moore began to prosper, he and his brother Marvin gone Into busmess together.

	~ccording to ~‘exmie Kendricks, she has lived to reach such e~ ripe old age because she has aiwsys been obedient and because she has aiwasy be~