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	241-~Jim Allen, Clay Co.
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MI‘8. Ed Joiner





get a pass in han‘ right frum one plan‘ation to ‘nother, dem paty.. rollers would git you. Dey would be six an‘ twelve fri a drove, an‘ dey would git you if you didn‘ have dat piece of paper. No 8Ufl could go down on a pass. Dere was no trouble twixt niggers den.

	~‘We lay down an‘ reef at night in de week time.Ç~Niggers in slav‘ry time riz up in deQuartera,~ you could hear ‘em for miles. Den de cornahucking tuk place. Den we would have singin‘. When one foun‘ a red ear of corn, dey would take a drink of whiskey frum de jug an‘ cup. We‘d get through ‘bout ten o‘clock. Dirnen did~icare if,-‘~

dey worked	all night ‚ fer we had the ‘Heav ‘nly Banners ‚ (2) by us. “5ome~j~~ we worked on Sat‘day a‘ternoon, ovin‘ to de


~X~O~Pß3• but women all knocked off on Sat ‘day a‘ternoon. Or~ S~t‘day night, we mos‘ly had fun, playin‘ an drinkin? whiskey an‘ beer no time to faol ‘roun‘ in de week time.

	“Some went to chu‘ch an‘ some went fishin‘ ot~ Sunday. On Chris‘mas we ht~td a time -~ all kinds eatin‘ -wimmen got new dresses men tobacco ~- had stuff to las‘ ‘til Summer. Niggers had good times in moe‘ ways in slav‘ry time. July 4th, we would wash up an‘ have a good time. We hallowed dat day wid de white folks. Dere was a barbe— cue; big table set down in bottoms. Dere was niggers strollin‘ ‘roun:‘ like ants. We was kavin‘ a t~ie n~. White folks too. When a slave died, dere was a to-do over dat, hollerin‘ an‘ singin‘. More fuss
(2) women and whiskey