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Misa Ji~nma1ir&e‘8 hair was dat white, ~ I loved her ‘cause she ~as so good to me. She taught me hou to weave an‘ spin. ‘Fore I was bigger‘n a minute I could do things dat lote o‘ de old han‘s cou].dn‘ come nigh dom‘. She an‘ )Larse Bjll had ‘bout eight chi].lun, but moe‘ of ‘em was grown when I come ‘long. Dey was all mighty good to me an‘ wouldn‘ ‘low nobody to hurt me.

	“I ‘members one time when dey all went off an‘ lof‘ me wid a old black wöman call Aunt Ca‘line what done de cookin‘ ‘round de place some o‘ de time. When dey lef‘ de house I went in de kitchen an‘ asked her eor a piece o‘ white bread lak de white folks eat. She haul off an‘ slap me down an‘ call me all kj~‘ o‘ names dat I didn‘ know what dey meant. My nose bled an‘ ruint de nice clean dress I had on. When de Mietie come back Marse George was wid ‘er. She asked me what on earth happen to me an‘ I tol‘ ‘er. Dey call Ca‘line in dé room an‘ asked her if what I say was de traf. She tell ‘em it was, an‘ dey sent ‘er away. I hear tell dat dey whup her so hard dat she couldn‘ walk no mo‘.

	~ “Us • never bad no big fun‘ ale or weddin‘ e on de place. Didn‘ have no marryin‘ o‘ any kin‘ • Folks in dem days jus‘ sorter hitched up together an‘ call deyae‘vee man an‘ wife. All de cullud folks was buried on what dey called Platnum Mill. Dey didn‘ . have no ~arkera noi‘ n$ hin‘ at de graves . 1~y was jus ‚ sunk in placee. My brother‘ Trank showed me one e where my maimny was buried • Us dida‘ have no preachin ‚ ‚ or singin‘ ‚ or nothin‘ ‚ neither • Us didn~ even git to have meatin‘ e on Sund‘ y less us slip off an‘ go to somó àther
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