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to pick de scrap cotton and fix it up, but dere warn‘t many of ‘eni keered dat much ‘bout no pillows.

	~‘Slaves didn‘t do no cookin‘ on cur place ‘cause Marster fed evvybody up at de big house. Missy, I ain‘t never gw~ine to forgit dat big old fireplace up dar. Dey piled whole sticks of cord wood on it at one time, wid little sticks cross~ ways under ‘ein and, let me tell you, dat was a fire what would ~ cook anythi ng and evvyth Ing . De pot s hung on swingin ‚ racks ‚ and dere was big ovens, little ovens, long-handled fryin‘ pans, and. heavy iron skillets wid tight, thick lids. It sho‘ was a sight de way us chillun used to raake ‘way wid dem ash-roasted ‘taters and. dat good, fresh butter. Ils chillun had to eat s.upper early ‘cause all chillun 1I~d to be in bed ‘fore dark. It warn‘t lak dese days. Why Missy, chilluns now stays up ‘most all night run— fin? ‘round dese parts.

	“Marster was sho‘ good ‘bout seem‘ dat his Niggers had plenty to eat and wear. For supper us et ourbreadand milk wid wooden spoons out of wooden bowls, but for dinner dey give us veg‘ables, corn pone, and ‘taters. Marster raised all de sorts of veg‘ables what dey knowed anything ‘bout in dein days, and he had big old fields of wheat, rye,oats, end corn, ‘cause he ‘lowed dat stock had to eat same as folkses. Dere was lots of chickens, tur~ keys, cows, hogs, sheej, and some goats on dat plantation so as dere would allus be plenty of r~ieat for evvybody.