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	“Some of de colored folks Is better off now and some is worser. De young race says we who was slaves is ten t imes worse off den dey ‘cause we had bosses ~nd couldn‘t read or write. But I say de young race is ~‚ot all dis to go by and dey ought to be much be~tter off dan dey is. V~e is better off in one sense dan de young race ‘cause about half of dem don‘t know how to raise their children and dey don‘t know how to do nothing. I think our folks has just as good a chance now as de white folks but dey don‘t get cultivated. Dey say today dat I don‘t know nothing ‘cause I was a slave and all I learned was what de master learnt me. But I know enough to keep out of devilment. I think all dis speed shows dat -oeople ain‘t ~ot no sense atall.