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cakes sweetened wid brown sugar and syrup. Dere was plenty of home-~rnadecaridy~for de chilluns‘ Santa Claus and late apples and peaches had done been saved and banked in wheat straw to keep ‘ein good ‘tu Christmas. Watermelons was packed away in cottonseed) and when dey cut ‘em open on christmas Dey, dey et lak fresh melons in July. Us had a high old time for a week, and den on New Year‘s Day dey started back to wuk.

	“Come winter, de mens had big cornshuckin‘s and dere was q.uiltin‘s for de ‘omans. Dere was a row of corn to be shucked as long as from here to Milledge ~venue. Old Marster put a gang of Niggers at each end of de row and it was a hot race ‘tween dem gangs to see which could git to de middle Lust. Dere was allus a big feast waitin‘ for ‘ein when de last ear of corn was shucked. ‘Bout dein quiltin‘s~‘ Now Lady, what wuld a old Nigger man know ‘bout somepin‘ dat didn‘t nothin‘ but ‘omans have nothin‘ to do wid?

	“Dem cotton pickin‘s was grand times. Dey picked cotton in de moonlight and den had a big feast of barbecued beef, mutton, and pork washed down wid plenty of good whiskey. Âtter~de feast was over, some of dem Niggers played fiddles and picked banjoes for de others to dance down ‘tu dey was wore out.
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	“When sla yes got si ek ‚ our white folks was mighty go od

‘bout havin‘ ‘em keered for. Dey dosed ‘em up wid oil and turpentine and give ‘em teas made out of hoarhound for some rnis‘ries and bone-set for other troubles. Most all the slaves wore a sack of asafiddy