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24L-~.Tirn Allen, Clay Co.
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Mrs. Ed Joiner





‚~	“No, not any weddin‘s. It w~s kinder di8 way. Dere Wa8

~	a good nigger man ~Ii b~ good nigger woman, an‘~the M~irster would say,

~	‘I knows you both good niggers an‘ I wants you to be man an‘ wife dis

\year an‘ raise little rdggers; den I won‘t have to buy ‘em.‘

	“Marco Bob lived in a big white house wid six rooms. He had a cou‘t house an‘ a block whar he hired out niggers, jes like mules an‘

COWS.


	“How many slaves did US have? Lss‘ see.‘ Dere was old Lady Sally an‘ her six chullun an‘ old Jake, her husban‘, de ox driver, fer ~e bOss. Dendere was ol~i Starliri‘, Rose, his wife an‘ fo‘ chullun. Some of dem was rr~ixed blood by de oberseer. I sees ‘em right now. I knowed de oberseer was nothin‘ but p0‘ white trash, jes a tramp. Den dere was me an‘ Katherin. Old Lady Sally cooked for de oberseers, seven miles ‘way frum de Big House.

	~	“Ever‘body was woke up at fo‘ o‘clock by a bugle blowed mos‘ly by a nigger, an‘ was at dey work by sun~up. Den dey quits at sunset. I sho‘ seed bad niggers whupped as many times as dere is leaves on dat groun‘. Not Marse Bob‘s niggers, but our neighbors. We was called ‘free, ‚ ‘cause Marss Bob treated us so good. The whuppin‘ was done by de oberseer or driver, who would say as he put de whup to de b ack ‚ ‘~raY~  i2~~P~~t S~t ‚