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		 Jackeon, Miasi8sippi



	John Cameron, ex-slave, lives in Jackson. He waa born in 1842 and was owned by Howell Magee. He is five feet six inches tall, and weighs about 150 pounds. His general coloring is blackishbrown with white kinky hair. He is in fairly good k~ea1th.

	WIese always lived right here in Hinds County. I‘s seen

Jackson grow from de groun‘ up.

	M11y old Marster was de bee‘ man in de won‘. I jus‘ wish I could tell, an‘ make it plain, jUS‘ how good him an‘ old Mistis was • Marster ~as a rich man. He owned ‘bout a thousand an‘ five hund‘ed acres o‘ Ian‘ an‘ roun‘ e hund‘ed slaves. Marster‘s big two-story white house wid lightning rods standin‘ all ‘bout on de roof set on top of a hill.

	“De slave cabins, ‘cross a valley from de Big House, was built in rows. Us was ‘lowed to sing, play de fiddles, an‘ have a good time. Us had plenty t‘ eat and warm clo‘es an‘ shoes in de winter time. De cabins was kep‘ in good shape. Us amt never mm‘ workin‘ for old Marater, cause us got good returns. Dat meant good livin‘ an‘ bein‘ took care of right. Marster always fed his slaves in de Big House.

	~ .	“De slaves . would go early to de fielt ~ ~ work in de cotton an‘ corn. Dey had different jobs.

	.	~ ~ ‘De overseers was made to unterstant to be ‘siderate of us. Work went on all de week lak dat. Dey got off from de fiel‘s