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to his ingnorant mind. He succeeded in making his way to Canada and freedom where he stayed until after the war, when it was safe to return.

	The slave trade of importing slaves into the United States, being forbidden after atout 1820, cut off the suppiy to such an extent that strong, healthy negroes became very high in price. ~lany Kentucky slave owners raised slaves for this market just as we today raise livo stock on our farms.

	Only the stron& healthy slave women were allowed to have children, and often were not allowed to ~nate with their own hu3bands, but were bred like live stock to some male negro who was kept for that purpose because of his strong phisique, which the master wished to reproduce, in order to get a good price for his progent, just like horses, cattle, dogs and other animals are managed today in order to improve the stock. Often the father of a comely black ~roman‘s child, wouldi:e the master himself, whowuld hoart1es~ly sell his own offspring to some other master, without regard for his welfare.

	Many of the aristocratic women of the master class, to keep from the burdensome1~.sk of oaring for their own ohiidran, and to assure themselves a life of leisure ~ould delegate to one of the negro slave women the care of their own children.

	Many of the upper clasp white children were cared for by these faithful black tt]~~njesht fed by the milk from their breasts. Countless stories are told of the love and devotion of the black “Mammy“ for the white child who was brought to their ‘grown up‘ years by her care~

	Amarriage between negroes, before freedom, had no legal standing; a negro couple, wishing to marry, had to get a permit from each master and wore united in marriage by a ceremony with a preacher of their own race officiating. After the war, when they were made citizens with civil rights, many former slaves who had been married in this way, hastened to legalize their union by obtaining