de ones d~t could alitas had dat job to do.

	“My gren‘mairimy come trum South Ce‘]iria an‘ libed fuet at New Augusta, kieeiasippi. She ueed to pick big Cat~ba leaves an‘ roll her dough in ‘em an‘ bake hit in a log heap, pilin‘ aehee over hit. Some called hit ash cakes an‘ hit sho‘ wasgood. Nothin‘ )ak hit dose days ~ no sir. .

	“We had pl.n‘y to eat ~ amoke sausage,

	an‘ yes sir, possum when we wanted hit.

	“w, didn‘ git any pay fer our work but we had plen‘y to eat an‘ clo‘es to wear. uur clo‘ee was coarse but good. M08t of ‘era was wove on de looms an‘ our socks an‘ stockings was knitted by de wiminin. De white folks though, dey wear linen an‘ fin, silk clo‘es fer de big times. We made blankets — coverlets, too.


	i~_~~• “We had‘bout 60 slaves on our place, an‘ if a nigger man on :• ~:Cfle plantation fall in love wid a clave girl on ‘nother place, dey
.~.. ~
c~: •	~jue‘ com to her plantation an‘ jump ober de broom an‘ d.n dey ie

~rsar‘ied. D. elabee never had preachers lak dey do at weddin‘s

.	‚~e8e days. I~ di girl didn‘t lôve di boy an‘ he jumped Ob.r:~e ~ro~ora an ‚ ehe d idn‘ t ‚ ‘den dey we ‚ nt n~‘ ďed.

	“Den w*e no echoole in dsm days either, an‘ I can‘t read an‘ ~‘it~ today. Soue 0.1 de white folks taught de younger nigger.
beef, borne ~de lard,