MISSOURI
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EX~-SLA~VE STORIES
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	“We took old gunny sacks and put leaves in dem to make a bed and we slept on de floor and had a old sDread and de white folks

gave us some old quilts. To make a fire we got some spunk out of a log and then took two flint rocks and to~reck1y it would make a

~	spark and catch that spunk. We banked de fire at night.

	“We ne~‘er had no doctor. My mother would go out in de woods and get herbs and if I had de stomach ache we would put a little bit of turoentine one a piece of sugar. If I had de headache we would put a Diece of brown paper and vinegar o~ horse radish leaves on de head. In two or three hours us kids would be out iDlayin‘ and kickint .up our heels. We would go out and get souie goose grass and make a little bit of tea and pour it down for de stomach ache. We would get dis black root for constipation. We used a turnip and scraped it and would bind de foot when it was frost bit.

	“I‘se been married four times and had children by two wifes had eight children altogether and all are girls but two. Ain‘t but one living and dat is Ed McFadden what‘s livin‘ in Fredericktown, ~o. He works for Deguire at de lumber rail],. and hasbeen workin‘ dere for about 30 years. Most of my children died young, but three girls lived to get married. I‘se married three times by a preacher and once by de squire. .
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