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Mrs. Ed Joiner



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	“01e Miss was so good, I‘d do anything fer her. She was so good an‘ weighed ‘round 200 poun‘s. She was Marss Bob‘s aecon‘ wife. Nobody ‘posed on me, No, Sir.‘ I car‘i~d water ‘to Marss Bob‘s sto ‚ close by an ‚ he would allus give me candy by de double han‘full, an‘ as many jûlce harps as I wanted. De bee‘ thing I ever did eat was dat candy. Marster was good to his only stray nigger.

	“Slave niggers didn‘t fare wid no gardens ‘capt de big garden up at de Big House, when fiel‘ han‘s was ct~l1ed to wuk out hers (old&~sì‘).ii1l de niggers had a sight of goo~d things to eat fruin dat garden ~n‘ smoke house.

	“I kin see old Lady Sally n~, cookin‘ forus niggers, an‘

Ruth cooked in de white folk ‘s kitchen. Ruth an ‚ old Ean Pleas ‚ a‘ old Lady Susan was give to Marss Bob when he mar ‘led an‘ come to

~	~ Sandford, klabamy.

( .~.. .	~No, dere wa~t no jails, but ~ guard house. When niggers

~	did wrong, dey was oft‘n sent dore, but moe‘ allus dey vas jes whupped ‚~ when too lazy to wuk, an‘ when dey would steal.

~.. ~	‘SOur clo‘es was all wove and made on de plan‘etion. Our


ever‘day ones, we called ‘hick‘ry strips.‘ We had a‘ plen‘y er good • ~ uns. We was fitted out an‘ out each season, an‘ had two pairs of shoes, ‘an1 all de snuff an‘ ‘1.~tco we wanted every month.