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hO ran. tltk3 14 miles for his father to fi.~d out !that to d0. The father borrowed t~,o toar~ ~uid vïa~o~s, rented a h01480 ill the edge

(~f to~ztt, azLd novod tno fe~aily Li.

	Tho slaves were tread abo~.t t~af tix~e, ~i~d for the first time i~i Uieii~ lixes they ~rore free, and the e~~tire faz~iil~r together.

The father vre:it to the ~ov~ernoi‘ for food. The gover~mont ~ia8 allow— Ing hard tack ~uid pîcl;lecl beef l‘or the negroes. Tlwy reøeivod ~iietr allo~riciat, ~nd were well ~atic~ioa ‘~jt~ hard tack Leuause they were free. in tt~llii~ aLout tL~c p~i~k1oc~ beef he ~a~s he rzev~r h~s seen ~y:r l~~f ~C4~4 ;1~a~ looked liko it; ho ~1jeyou that it ~rae horee

mea~:. The f~&;ier ~thrtod wor~i~ig lii a UIi11 in 1~3~5~ 1e ~ soon briii~~in~ hoi~ae f~c‘~d ~t~ff froi~ ~ iore, c~n1 in ti~ie t~ .ey had a crop on thoir li±tl~ place.

	~:ho u1tor :~ro iJ~o~‘ ~ I:~i ~~LLZ~ £1OLU~~3 ~i%LtA1 W~1i tO a ~1.Laker ~orina1 ~thool i~i ~e ~ftei‘~oo~, Prw;, 1.~arrLs~~i dave hiï~ ~n appotrLtu‘3rlt In th~ rovenuc th~partuer~t, t~ :eii a~ he grew older he was tr~ui~rerr~xi to t~e po~it o2~ice dopc~i‘ti~io~ • 11e ~tat~ r~tireU on a pension at the ~ of ‘/5. He is ~til1 1iv±~ In V~i~i~tori, D. C., ~i i~ flow 17 y(~t~3 o:Ld.

	1~)urin~) t/Le viar ~r. ~ ran *~ray, going 12 rai los ~o the ca~rtp of the nortiit~.‘n ~oldi~r~, whore ho ~a~-od two weeks, They

cave hir.~ ~ ~urs~ ~Q r1i~, ar~ ~ hua g~tk~ørin~ fuel ~hrouigh the

vtoo~ic for tieri. Th~~ wore t1~c iLappi~t ~ h~ had. ever lc~wn

hiE;, first freedori.

	i~r. ~hittod w&s novor sold, but h~ often c,~w procesrioris ~o pa~t after c~ ~lc; t~ w~o~ loaded with proviido~is flrt~t, then the sltwes U,ed toGether fol1owin~ They often took the b~b1es aw~ï froza their rn~t~iers1 aiid sold ~them. :~oi~3 old woman, too old to work1 would thon care for the little oxie~ until they were od

enou&1 ~o ~ •At aix yßa~vs old ~.y w.*~s ~ to work t~irming