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			Parinington, Miseouri.








	*	I‘s born on March 6,1855; on loi! Crick, in St. 7rancois County. I.y muthuh, Clausa Mctarland Bridge., wuz borned on Wolf Crick too, but nah fautbar) Jerry Brid~ ges, kum front Californie. William McFarland wuz our boa8, and he had a Jotta‘ slaves. Us liv‘d in a log cabin, wia two room8. Yep, there wuz a floor an‘ we ~iad a bed, but hit hadn‘t no mattress; jus‘ roped an‘ corà‘d. Holes wuz in deside ob de bed, soo~s de ropes cud go thru‘. We ai]. wore ‘Jeans‘ an‘ wrap‘&.an‘ oie‘ sack~round our legs; mos-~ time we went barefoot, Is—all‘s used .at«üip tea ta cure moi‘ •ver‘thing. Our boks ~ purty good ta us ‚ but we lamed dat ~ oie‘ M.F.Caycej he vuz a elave>holder,
	wud beat ‘Hunter‘ Cayge, an‘ oie‘ ‘nigger‘ man, every Monday mornin‘ ‘il]. his back	/~‘
	bled. Den be tuk salt an‘ put hit in de gashes. My brudd.re war) AlV1fl~ Jerry,	 p ~
	Rubin, Louis, an‘ Nat. Ma siata‘ Mary, she went to Rolla an‘ married. Ms an‘ ma	~ h ~
	bruvver Jerry air de only ones a~livin ‚ .	~
	     ~1 married Overdie Southerland wen I wuz 26. years oie ‚ . Abe Koen married us,

but we are not a‘livin‘ togeth‘r now. I never had no childr‘n by him. I& furet job
	~	~ r‘ wuz with Dr. Jj~ 3~‘aham fur one year, an‘ nine months. I got $2.50 a seek. I did ~ ~
	. all de housework thai‘.	~ ~

	“After de war wuz ovér my muthuh went to Pilot Knob to wurk in a hote]~. Me~an‘

~	lily inuthub went hup~n Pilot Knobi berry huntin‘, one day, an‘ we seen de leg ob a man 4~
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	‚ an‘~hie ankle-bone wuz etickin‘ inhie ~hoe. Thai‘ warn‘t any flesh on de leg. Hit.	~


~	wuz near de 01,‘ Port;(?ort Davidson).“ (Not.: This must have been a portion of a ~ soLdier, from the‘Battle of Pilot Knobs)

	.~ authub toli‘ me dat dey used ta sell de little cbildr‘n away turn de breaet11 ob der muthu~‘s. Ma atathuh plow‘I ~n de fiel‘ an‘ wud leave her baby layin‘ at one end ol de fiel‘, áiIO ehe plow‘d clear ta de odder end en‘ kurn back. $be know‘d a ~hite man who bad a cliald by one ob hi. slaves an‘ den soli de ø}iil‘ as a slave.