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	“Yes chile, I.‘lI be glad. to tell you de story of my life ‚ I can‘ t tell you much ‚ bout slav‘ ry ‚ cause I wuz ‚ j‘ six months old when freedom come, but I iia~h~ared q,uite a lot, and. I will tell you all I kin‘xuember ‘bout everythuxi.“ Said. o],d “Aunt“ Georgia Telfair, who live$. with her son to whom her devotion is quite evident. Both “Aunt“ Georgia and the little home show the excellent care tnat Is given them.

	~	“My pa,“ she said, “wuz Pleasant Jones, an‘ he b‘1on~ed to Marse Young L. G. Harris. Deylived at de Harris place out on Dearing Street. Hit wuz all woods out dar den, art‘ not a bit lak Dearin~ Street looks now.

	“Rachel wuz my ma ‚ s am. Us dont know what her las‘ naine wuz ‘cause she wuz sold o1~t wnen she wuz too little to ‘p~n— ber. Dr•. Riddin‘ (Redd~ing) bought her an‘ his fanibly always jus‘ called her Rachel Riddin‘. De Riddin‘ place wuz whar Hancock
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Avenue is now, but it wuz all in woods ‘rowi‘.. 4ar~, jus‘ lak de

place whar my pa wuz. Atter dey wuz married ma had to stay on~ wid de Rlddixi‘ fanibly an‘ her chiliuns b‘lon~ed to de Riddin‘s t cause dey. ow~edher. ~issMaxey. Riddin‘ ~ wuz my brudder‘s young Missus, an‘ I wuz give to her sister, MissLu~~la Riddin‘ ‚ for to be her own maid, but us didn‘ t git to wuk ior ‚ em none ‚ cause it wuz jus‘ at dis time all de slaves got sot free. Atter dat my pa