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	den dey tuk dey lessons an‘ etudied et dey cabin of night8 afte‘ dey had fini8hed work.

	~We h8d prayer meetin‘s in sach others houees dunn‘ de week. One plent8tion owner built e little churcki on kils place an•‘ de ni~er8, dey ~o in de back do‘ an‘ sit in de back, &i‘ white folk8 dey come in de front of dechurch an‘ sit. De Free-‘ byterin ck~iu‘ch W88 de ohly one ‘round dere an‘ dey sprinkled ever‘body -‚ jes poured water ober dey heads frurn a glass an‘ den patted hit ~ut~n tdemonstrated).

“Twas funny — one time Joe an‘ Green, two niggere on our place, et dey supper an‘ run ‘way at night an‘ afte‘ dey was kotched, dey toi‘ us dat when dey was passin‘ through de woods

dat night a great big old gran‘daddy owl flopped his wings an‘ Joe said ‘we‘d better turn back.‘ I alius heard hit was bad luck fer to hear a owl floppin‘ lack dat, but Green said ‘twant

nothin‘, jes a old owl floppin‘, but he jas naturally flopped ~‚ diffrunt dat night, an‘ Green walked on ‘bout 15 ete~a an‘ somebody

•i shot hin dead. Joe said he tu‘ned back an ‚ run home.

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	“All our niggers had to have passes to leave de plantation

an‘ when de patiiroller kotched ‘ein wid out‘n ~ pass, de nigger was whupped. Sometimes de plantation owner did hit an‘ sometimes de