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	“Us chillun thought hog kuhn‘ time was de bests) time of all de year. Us would hang ‘rotT~id de pots whar dey was rendin‘ up de lard and all day. us et dem good old browned skin eracklin‘s and ash roasted ‘taters. Marster allus kilt from 50 to 60 hogs at a time. It tuk dat much meat to feed all de folks dat had to eat from his kitchen. Little ohillun never had nothin‘ much to do ‘cept eatandsleepandpley, but now, jus‘ let me tell you for shoT, dere warn‘t no runnin‘ ‘round nights lak dey does now. Not long ‘fore sundown dey give evvy slave chile a wooden bowl of buttermilk and cornpone and a
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wooden spoon to eat it wid. Us knowed us had to finish eatin‘

in time to be in bed by de time it got dark.

	“Our homespun dresses had plain waisties wid long skirts gathered on to ‘ein. In not weather ehillun wore jus‘ one piece; dat was a plain slip, but in cold weather us had plenty of good warni clothes. Dey ~

	-~-~ to make warm cloth for our winter clothes and made shoes for us to wear in winter too. Marster evermore did believe in takin‘ good keer of his Niggers.

	*1 kin ricollect dat ‘fore dere was any churches right in our neighborhood, slaves would walk 8 and 10 miles to church. Dey would git up ‘way ‘fore dawn on meetin‘ day, so as