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knowed of. Sometimes old Mistis doctored ‘em herse‘f. One time a bunch o‘ us chillian was playin‘ in de woods an foun‘ some o‘ d~n May applee. Us et a lot of ‘em an‘ got awful sick. Dey dosed us up on

grease an‘ Sani8on snake root to clean U8 out. An‘ it eho‘ done a good jobs I‘se been a~usin‘ dat snake root ever since.

	“De firs‘ thing dat I ‘member he~&rin‘ ‘bout de war was one day when Marss George come in de house an‘ tell Mise ~nmaline dat dey‘s gwine have a bloody war. He say he feared all de slaves ‘ud be took away. She say if dat was true she fee]. lak jumpin‘ in de well. I hate to hear. her say dat, but from dat minute I started prayin‘ for freedom. All de roe‘ o‘ de women done de same.

	“De war started pretty soon after dat an‘ all de rien folks went off an‘ 1sf‘ de plantation for de women an‘ de Niggers to run. Us seen de sojers pass by moe‘ ever‘day. Once de Yankees come an‘ stole a lot o‘ de horses an‘ sornp‘in~ t‘eat. Dey even took de trunk full o‘ ‘federate money dat was hid in de swamp. How dey fc~un‘ dat us never knowed.

	“Marss George come k~oxne ‚ bout two years after de war start.~ ed an~ r.~rried Miss Martha Ann. Dey had always been sweethearts. Dey was promised ‘fore he let‘ .

“Idarse Lincoln an‘ Marse Jeff Davis is two I ‘m~bera

‚ bout • But ‚ Lawz ee t Dat was a long time back • Us liked Marse Jeff

Davis de bee‘ on de place. Us even made up a song ‘bout him, but,

I ‘clara ‘fore goodness, I can‘t even ‘member de fire‘ line o‘ dat

song. You see, when I got ‚ ligion, I as~.d de Lawd to take all de
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