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FESTDS
E~Ç~SL~E S~IORIES
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	“I did not get to see my daddy long. He.served. in de first of ~e war and corne home sick and died at Cadet. I was born at Cadet. I lives here in Festus and am 90 years old. My mother was Arzella Casey and was a slave in Ce~det. Torn Casey owned both my mother and father. De master had a Dretty good farm and dat ~

was where I worked when I was a boy. Wir. Casey never hit me a	~ ~ lick in ~ny life. 11e was sure good to us. I had an uncle Tohn and

dey had to sell him ‘cause dey could not do anything with him. Dey took him to Potosi before dey sold him. He did not want to be

drove. Mr. Casey said if he had 100 niggers he would never sell	. •~• -. another one. He said he never had any more good luck since he •

sold	To~m. Losing his children was his bad luck. S “Before freedom we had our own house and stayed here after

freedom. My master said, ‘Well, 3oe you are your own boss.‘ I said: “How come?‘ He said: ‘I‘ll help you.‘ Dey would not turn

us out without a show. We stayèd dere free and I went out in de	t diggin‘s in de titf at Valle Mines. Some days I made 4~5 and. den

some ;1~3;s made 4~2. White folks would come and get ma and she would