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He den hired me to wuk faw a doota in Lexinton. My job wuz to clean up his ofis arid wen he went outen de cuntry, he took me long to open de gates. I had t o skowa nivos axd fawke and oie brass o ane 1 stix • Dat s be en a I ~ng tiin~ ago, Ize tellin you, white man. While I w-uz sweepin de doetas ofis one day I saw droves ov colud folks gwine by wid two white men ridin in front, two ridin in de midel, and two ridin behind. De colud folks vrnz walkin, vine down town to be sold. ~Vhon I fust seen ein comm I got soared an started to run but de white man said, “stop, boy, we is not gwine a hurt you.“ I staid wid dat boss cloota sumpin like a yer, an den wont back to my 01e Boss• I‘d a been up thai‘ wid lin yet but he kep telin me I wuz free. But I diden no whut he moan by sich talk. Wen my 01e Boss solo out up thar, he brung me wid him on to Paducah.

	He had a neffu in de wholesale grocy bisness in Paducah. My Old Boss carrid. me to his neffu and lof me thar. Dat wuz de las time I eva saw my good 01e Boss caus he went on to Missouri. My Old Boss w-uz sho good to me, white man. I sho do luv im yet. Wy, he nova wood low me to go barfooted, oaus he wuz afraid I‘d stick thorns ininy feet, an if he eva caut me barfooted, he sho wod ~uake my back tell it. Wen he lef me in Paducah, his neffu took me over to my ant, Rose Sorug~s to stay all nite wid her, Nex day I walked wid my cousin to Mayfield, carryin two toe sacks uv does dat my Good 01e Boss give me wen he lef me in Paducah. De doze vtuz Law me an my muther. Wen we got to Mayfield, we went strate to Judge Williams catis he marrid my 01e Boss‘ sister and I wiiz~ sho we could stay wid dem. My 01e Boss an my muther wuz

play‘-ohildren together. My inuther‘s name wuz Patsy Malone. Mr. Maline‘s wife w,1z my Ob Bosst sister and my muther fell to her as a have, Next day I come to Murry whar my muther lived wid l~iss Emily Malone. I wuz gone a long time caus my 01e Boss took me way from ~rry wen I vniz a small boy. I staid wid my muther tu she died. I now live in one mile uv de house whar I wuz

~	bawn. :Mr.~ Hush Wear • soz I is 100 years old. ~