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sent off to de breedin‘ quarters. When dem women had chillun dey brung t em an‘ let somebody lak Aunt ~nmal1ne raise t sx~. ) She was sho‘ mean

to me. I think lt was ‘cause de marster laked me an‘ was always a~-pettin‘ me. She was jealous.

	.	“She was always a-tryln‘ to whip me for soinethin‘ or nother. One time she hit me wid a iron miggin. (You uses it In churnint ) It made a bad place on my head. She done it ‘cause I 13t some mea]. dat she was parchint burn up. Mter she done it she got sorta scared an‘ doctor-. od nie up. She put soot on de cut to make lt stop bleedin‘. Nex‘ day she made me promise to tell de marster dat I hurt my head when I fell out o‘ de door dat night he whip Uncle 51m for stealin‘ a hog. Now I was asleep dat night, but when he asked me I said, ‘Aunt ~nmaline say tell you I hurt my head faim‘ out de door de night you Whip Uncle 51m. ‚ Den he say, ‘Is dat de tru.t?‘ I say, ‘Naw sir.‘ He took Aunt ~mnaline down to de gear houe e ‘ wore her out • He uldn‘ t eli off on me. He j‘ to].‘ her dat she had no bus‘ness a-‘lettin‘ me stay up so late dat I seen him do de whippin‘.

	“My pa was named George Clemens. Us was all owned by Marster Morgan Clemens. Master Hardy, his daddy, had give us to him when he ‘vided out wid de t o‘ his chillun. ~ (Marster Morgan was a settled man • He went ‚ un‘ by hisse‘ f ‘ t de t line. He never did marry.)

	“My pa went to de war wid Maret er Morgan an‘ be never o orne back. I don‘ t ‘member much ‚ bout ‚ em i‘ ‚ but after del ‘ I ‘member de Blue Coats a-.oomin‘ • Dey tore de smoke house down an‘ made a big fire an‘ cOoked all de meat dey could. t . Al.]. us Niggers had a good time, ~eause. de~y give us all us wanted. One of ‘em put me up on. his knee an‘
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