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knowed dat was de voice of de debbil what ha& done come atter •

.	‘era. Dem Ni~ers never stopped prayin‘ and testifyin‘ to de Lord, ‘tu de white foikses l~ad~ done ~ot dat runaway slave arid de rooster out of ~Ie steeple. ~!is marster was dar and tuk him home end ~‘ive hi~r~ a good ‚ snurid thrashin‘.

“~3laves was ‘lowed to ~~ave ~raycrmeetin‘ on
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Chue~day (~ues~y) and ~ri~id~y ‘round at de d~jftUrit plantations wnsr deir marstcrs didn‘t 1eer, end dere warn‘t rn~~ny what objected. De good rnar~ters Cli give aeir slaves ~rayermeetixi‘ ~asse~ on dem nights so de ~.etteroliers ~.~ou1dn‘t ~it ‘era and beat ‘cia up for heIn‘ off deir ~fiarSt~r‘S 1an~s. Dey ‘x:~ost nigh kilt some sieves what dey catch out when dey didntt have no ~ass. ~hite preachers done de ~.lkin‘ at de Lle€tin‘bouses, but at dein ~.diuesday and friday ni.~ñ1t ~rayermeetin‘s, it was all done by i~i~gers. I was too little to ‘je~iber much ‘boL~t dem ~ect~~‘s, but ray older sister~ used to talk lots ‘bout ‘c~î lone otter Œe viar h&;Ù brurlg our freedom. Dere warn‘t ~any sl~v~s w!~ot co Id re~. ‚ so dey ~us ‚ talked ‘bout w~~at dey ~LE~d done ~~cared de white j~re~ci~ers s~y on ~unday. One of de C~v‘rite texties ~as de third er~~t€~r of ~ and ~nost of ‘em 1jus‘ ‘~ae:nberecI ~ line or two from dat. ~issy, from wriat folkses said ‘bout dem meetin‘s, dere w~ sho e lot ot~ good ~rayin‘ and testify~n‘, tC~:~USC SO many sin~icrs rej.;orite~~. and was saved. Some— times at dem ~und~y :~e€tin‘s at c~e white tolkses‘ church dey would have t~:) or three ~jreachers de same day. Dc fust one would give