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	“When ~o1ks dat lived on diffunt plantations, en

blonged ter	dlrtunt rnax~st.ers wanted tex~L:~tt married, dey lied dar
ter ax bott~imarsters tus‘. Den etfen dar marsters ‘gree on

It, dey let ‘em marry. De riians marater ‘ud give de mart er pass so he cud go see his wife et night ‚ but he t better be back on lus own raarsters farm when de bell ring evvy morning. De ehulluns ‘ud blong ter de marster dat own de ‘oman.“

	“Black folks wuz heap smarter &en dey is now. Dem. days de ‘oxnans knowed~ how ter cyard, en spin, en weave de aloft, en dey made de close. De m~ens know how ter mek shoes ter wear den. Black folks in~ hey ter go cole e r hongry den ‚ kaze dey marsters made tenl wuk en grow good. crops, en den der marsters fed~ tem plenty en tuk keer UT ‘em.“

	‘!Black toiks wuz better folks den dey is now. Dey knowed dey lied ter be good er dey got beat • De gals dey &i‘ t t tare laigs lak dey do now. Cloff hed ter be made den, en hit vru.z er heap Bio‘ trouble ter mek er yaM er clpff, den ut is ter buy it now, but ‘oinans en g&Is, dey stayed kivver~d up better den. Why, Ah‘meraber one tinte my manuny seed me curnrnln‘ crost de yaM en she say mali dress too short. She tuk lt often me, en rip out de hem~, en ravel at de aig‘ er little, en &en tus‘ thing I knows, she got dat dress tail on ter de loom, en weave more doff on hit, twel it long enuf, lak she want it.“

	“Long ‘bout dat time dey wuz kuhn‘ hawgs on de planta-. tion, en it wuz er nioughty cole day. Miss Millie, she tell ~e ter ter tote dis quart er brandy out dar fer ter warm up de mens dat wuz er wukkin in de cole win‘• ‘Long de way, Ah keep er sippin‘ dat brandy, en time Ah got ter de hawg kill~ri‘ place Ah wuz crazy drunk