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~‚4\ TJi-~c1e ‘eorge ~e~1s m€ tn~ he ~ born ~:y 10, I~6O near Ver.~.

~ $~i1ies ‚ in ~oodford County, Kentucky. TuS fathert s name v~as Erad±~ord ::en~erson, who wa;~ a slav€ o±~ ~:i1ford T‘:riraan viho belonged to: the Cieve~

~ family. 11€ does not know where his family c~ri~ from. There~ were 21 children including t~iO or three sets of twins. All died while. youn~ except :~±~ brothers: ‘ii1±~ord, Sa.., and Joe; and s±sters:E11e~and.Bet~y. ~•a1 the slaves Lived in Iocr c~1jins end. there v:ere about ~O or 40 o~ them on a plEŒltation of 400 acres. TtThe caMn I was b0~: ~ ~k ~

roo::s, t~o abov€ and tvro ~eIov:. The rooms above were~ c~uied Jof~,~d~ we c1imb€~d up a ladder to ~‘et t~ these roo~s. ~ e sJe~t on ti~n~ie~t~ \;1~ic:: were covered with straw ticks. Our covers were made ~fl big~atthe~ fro~ old cast-off ciot2~6s. .~hen wegot up in the :~Iorningwe: shov~the tn~iriä.1e bed back uic~er th~ big bth. ~ome boy v~:ou1d ring a gre&t b:ig~ bell, called th~ ~‘fan~ b~1i“ about sunrise. 3orne went to the st~b1es to look after the horses and ~~u1es. :iov~inz; was &ne witha yoke: pr oxen3 The horse~ wer€~ just used. for c~rri~ge~ &nd to . My work :

was ~u1iing we;~ds, fe€~d~ng chickens, ~nd helping to tai~e care cf the pigs . iarse C1evei~nd had & very bad i~1a1~ hog ~nd had to ~kecp him :~~: ~ pen about 10 feet ?igIï. Sometir~~es he ;:ouJ.cl break out o~ the ~en~and it wou~d take ail thc ulldogs in the county to get him back. I ~aever ~ :

did. earn any money, but worked (or my food snd ciothe:ss ly~ d~iddy~US~d to hunt rabbits &id ÇOSSUflIS. ~ W~flt WIth uhu ~fld WOUld X~1d~ OXIhÎS back with my feet in ~i S pockets . ~ He had ~ d~og ~ ~tus~ which wa&a watch dog. My daddy would lay his hat dcwri ~nysvi~iere in the wooô~s:. and~

Bii~itus.~wou1d $t,9r: bY ~ the h~ u:~i1 1~9: w~9~4 c9me back . ~‘9: ~ $9~: ~

~	~ood,,~POPSU~,, e~d rabbits; baked~ .in ~ ~ . f~~hêd from the creeks arid fxï~ed in hot crease. We ate this wLth pone
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