an‘ my msnuny .say she want to be free .

	‘tDe young folks used to make up a heap ‘ songs ‚ den. Dey‘d *decop~pQse dey own songs an‘ sing ‚~. I never will forgit one song dey sung when dey buried anybody. It made Old Marster, Mistis, an‘ all of ‘em cry. Us chillun cried, too. It went like dis:
‘My mother prayed in de wilderness,
In de wilderness,
In de wilderness.
My mother prayed in de wilderness.
An‘ den I‘m ai~go1n‘ home.

Den I‘m a—goin‘ home,
Den I‘m a-goin‘ home.

We‘ll all make ready, Lawd,
An‘ den 1~ ‚ m a-goin‘ home.

She plead her cause in de wilderness,
In de wilderness,
In de wilderness.
She plead her cause in de wilderness.
An‘ den I‘m a-~goin‘ home.‘



	“Old Aunt Hannah f~ell had twelve chiliwi ~~wo‘ on an‘ de littlest was named Eve. Rachel an‘ Leah. Dey missed my nussin‘ mos‘ all de time.

	“My ma was de Cause o‘ my marster a-firm‘ all de overseers. (Dey blamed ever‘ thing on her ‚ cause she was de only bought Nigger.) Marster say she was a valuable Nigger, but she was so mean he was afraid dey‘d kill her. He sas, ‘She‘ll work widout no watchin‘ an‘
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to my xaarster from his daddy. She de p1 ~tce. De ].‘ was named Adam She had two twins what was named mistis‘ two twins. Dey kep‘ one a~
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