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in de summer time. When winter come dey had good warm *010 ~ es same as us older ones.

	“One day MarBter‘s chillun an‘ de cullud chillun slipped oft to de orchard. Dey was jus‘ a-eatin‘ green apples fas‘ as dey oou]4 when ‘long come de master, bisse‘t. He lined ‘em ai). up, black an‘ white al ike ‚ an‘ cut a keen switch. Twant a o~e in dat line dat dIdE‘ git a few licks. Den he catled de old doctor w~an an‘ made ‘er give ‘em ever‘ one a dose o‘ medicine. Dey didn‘ a one ;r ‘em git sick.

	“Marster an‘ Old Mie‘ had five chillun. Dey is all dead aIL‘ gone now, an‘ I‘ s still here. One o‘ his eons was a Supreme ~rudge

‘:rore he died.

	~	“My folks was sho‘ quality. Mai‘ster bought all de little places ‘roun‘ us so he wouldn‘ have no p0‘ white trash neighbors. Yes sirZ He owned ‘bout thirty-five hund‘ed acres an‘ at leas‘ a hund‘ed an‘ fifty slaves.

	“ever‘ mornin‘ ‚ bout • ‘ ‚ clock us could hear dat horn blow for us to git up an‘ go to de fiel‘ • Us a].wa~s q~uit ~rk ‘Thre de sun went down an‘ ne-ver worked at night. De overseer was a white man. His name. was rosh Neighbors, but de driver was a cuflud man, ‘Old Man Henry.‘ He wasu‘ t • ‚ lowed to mistreat noboby. If be got too uppity dey d oaU~ his han‘ ‚ right now. De rule was ‚ if a Nigger wouldn‘ work hé us‘ be sol‘. ‘Nother rule on dat place was dat if a man got dissati‘fied, he was to go ~ to de marster an‘ ask him to ‘put ‚ im in his pocket.‘ Dat meant he wanted to be ‘ an‘ de money be brought put in de mar‘s pocket . I amt never known O‘ but two askin‘ to be ‘put in de pocket.‘

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