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~	“ida muther wuz in a log cab‘n east o~ Fai~rnin~ton an when Price‘s

~ iders corn thru frum Fredericktowr~,on~ ob de soldiers clirnb‘d oberde

bnce an robbed de hen house ob eggs an he put de e~gs in his boots, Den

hen ~ climb1d ober de fence to git back to de road he mashed de eggs

ri ~iS boots. Dc soldier tok off his boots an turned dem up-side~down

p ~it de broken eggs out an ma muther ran out ta de fence an hallored,
	~ goody.‘	. ~	~

“~~a muther s~y dat de worse side ob sla~ery wuz ~heh ~e slabes war
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~	armed out‘ . A master or slabe holder wud loan or sub~let slabes ta a

~n fur so many months at so much money. De master agreed ta supply so

ny	clothes. De man who rented de slabes wud treat den jus uk animals. c~ “~a muther wuz scie twice . De furst tin~ she wuz 1 years oie . ~he ~

~z tai~‘n 26 miles to de new owner, an hit took all day. ~ She tied all er belongings up in a red bandanna handkerchief an went on horseback. rie stream wuz So high dat when ~ey cross‘d hit dey got ail wet. Pen s soon as she got to de new owner she wuz ship‘~i de follin‘ day. One ~b a rnuther‘s owr~ers w~ ~o good ta hér dat she quz treated as one ob de
arnily.~	‚

EFERE~CE:	~ Theabove information was received from Chad. Baker, who Is he brother of Dayse Baker ‚ principal of the colored Douglass School in arniington, Missoifri. Thus these facts are concerned with their mother, rs. Jane Baker, ani~c-‘~láve, who died at the age of 103.