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M~ Ma was borned arid bred right dar on dat same place. Marster bought my Daddy and his Mammy from Captain LeMars, and dey tuk de name ot Sails atter dey corne to live on his place. Manuny‘s naiae was Betsy Sails and ~addy was named Sam‘l. Dey was niarried soon atter Marster fetched Daddy dar.

	~Dere ain‘t no tellin‘ how big Marster‘s old plantation was. His house set right on top of a high hill. ~iis plantation road circled ‘round dat hill two or three times gittin‘ from de big road to de top of de hill. Dere was a great deepwell in de yard whar dey got de water for de big house. Marster‘s room was upstairs and had steps on de outside dat cone down into de yard. On one side of his house was a fine apple orchard, so big dat it went all de way down de hill to de big road.

	“On de other side of de house was a large gyarden whar us raised evvything in de way of good vgftables; dere was beans, corn, peas, turnips, couards, ‘taters, and. onions. Why dey had a big patch of nothin‘ but onions. Us did love onions. Dere was allus plenty of good meat in Marster‘s big old smoke.~ house dat stood close by de well. Marster, he believed. in raisin‘ heaps of meat. 11e had cows, hogs, goats, and sheep, not to inentionhis chickens and turkeys.

	“All de cloth for slaves‘ clothes was made at home. Mammy was one of de cooks up at de big house, and she made ~
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too. Daddy was de shoeman. 11e made de shoes for all de folks

on de plantation.