Meroer County.
i~x.-Slave Stori ~s.
(Hazel 0.1. nnanion). (2).
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.~ili, as a boy loved to play marbles which was about the most interesting game they had to pi ay. Of oo ~irse ‚ they ooul d pi ay outside as al I children do now when th~3y had spare time.

	A-t; that time there were few doctors and when the slaves would get hurt or sioh, th~y vir~r~ Lisually looked after by the ~naster or by their overseer.

	After th3 war ~ closed, Will ‘s grar~imother walked from iionticello to ~atnp ~lson to ~et h~r fr~ papers and her children. They were all very happy, ~iut they were won~ri:~ what they were going to c~o without a home, ~rk, or 3ut aft~r will ana ~ mother and grandmother got their freedom, the grand~nother bought a littl~3 land arid house and they all went there tolive. Of course, they wor~:ed out for other people en~ raised a great deal of what they ate. ~LVill lived thera ~mtil he grew older anc5 went out for himself; an~i later mov~ to Mercer Cou~th~‘ where he now liveS~
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