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	Ex.-Slave Story	 Pace 4.





de. war was over . Hi gdon marri ed three times.

	“J~o1in, the baby, was raised by his grandmother and step-mother in St. Louis. John married the daughter of a county clerk in Luxenburg, Missouri. ~nd he became county clerk for thirty years in dis county. 3ohn died ‘bout two years ago this July.

	“I ‘member how dey would treat one slave. • De master took two boards and tied one to de feet and another to de hands and tied her back with ropes and whipped her with a cat~a~nine tails till she bled and den took salt and pepper and put i~i~de gashes. I can ‘member when I was in Iron County de soldiers stole de boss‘ horse an~ de boss had to go to Patton to git it. Once de soldiers made me get up in de smoke house and throw down some hem. ~ De authorities ‘gaged de soldiers for stealing from de people. I had to carry some stuff out for Sam Hildebrand to eat.

	“I‘ve beénliving here since de Civil War. Dis is de third house that I built ondis spot. That I thin~ ‘boutsiavery? Well we is gettin..long party weil now and I believe its best to not agitate.“