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~		de ckickens come up to eat dey kotched ‘em by de head an‘~‘ing
~		hit off an‘ take all de chickens wid ‘em.

~	“Our white folks buried all dey silver in de groun‘ an‘
~		hid dey hoases in di deep gullies neerde plantation. Even dey
		clo‘es an‘ meat dey ride, an‘ de soijers didn‘ find nothin‘ ‘cep—
		in‘ de bosses, an‘ dey lef‘ dey tired ones an‘ tuk our fre8h
	.	(~fl~8 wid ‘em. Dey burned de fiel‘s an‘ orchards so our white
		folka couldn‘ he‘p feed our soijers none.

~/	“On, time I ‘member when Aunt Charity an‘ Winnie Mclnnis,

~	~ two niggers on our plantation, tried to swim some of our hoases : ~ cross de riber to asve ‘em fruui de 8oljers an‘ dey rode ‘cross ~ ~‚ ~ in a little boat. Well, when de hosses got in de middle of de


I water, up comes a ‘gator (:1.), grabs one hoes by de ear, an‘ we ta~in‘t neber seed him no mc‘.

“When nigger. run ‘way trum de plantation dey was whupped,

but dey had to go to di sheriff to be whupped. D• sheriff, hi would tie de nigger to a tree an‘ whup him till di blood run out.

~	“Bout d. only recr‘ation us niggera had in dem days was

~	candy pulliri‘.. Wi all inst at one house an‘ toi‘ ghost stories, sung plantation songs, an‘ danced de clog while de candy was cookin‘. Dem was de good old days. Dey don‘t do dem things no
	1fb‘.	‚	~
	(1)	alligator