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	I am 97 years old and ara still working as janitor and support

.~ fa:uily. ~r father w~s a whjte in&n and my mother w-~s a colored

lady. I was owned three different times, or rather was sold to

three different fa~lies. I was first owned by the Walde:is; then

I was sold to a man by the name of Jackson, of cdasgow, Kentucky.~

Then my father, of this county, bought me.

	I have had many slsve experiences. Some slaves were treated good, and some were treated avrf~ul had by the white people; but most of them ~rei~e treated c.ood i4 they would do what their master told them to

do.

	I onced saw a licht colored gal tied to the rafters of a barn, and her master whipped her untii. blood ran down her back and made • a large oool on the ~round. And I have seen ne~ro men tied to stako~ drove in the o~round and whipoed because they would not mind their master; but most white folks were better to their slaves and treated them better than they ar~ now. After their work in the fields was finished on Saturday, they would have parties and have a ~ood time. Some old ne~ro man would play the banjo while the young d~rkies would d~nce and sing. The white folks would set around and watch; and would sometimes join in and dance and sing.

	My colored grand f~.ther lived to b. 115 years old, and at that

age he was never sick in his life. One day he picked up the water bucket to go to the spring, and as he was on his way back he dropped dead. f