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MISSOURI ~Th~RCDI~OM Ex.:SL1w:~ S‘r0RIES
	~ c~ORN.~i —	Pace 1 .	s ‚


~ ~ ~ ~ BEGAN


	“i‘se 83 years old and was born In Ste. Genevieve County and. my old slave-time place was in New Tennessee about 14 miles west of de town of Ste. Genevieve. My master had only my mother, my ‘ s brother ‚ and an old lady by de naine of Melinda . My. mother had six~ è~ii1dren but only four of us livedto be grown. Father was owned by a Mr. Aubershon right dere at Coffman. Mother come from way south in Kentucky and she was owned ~y a

Master Calvin dere and when him and de mistress died de slaves
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had. to be divided up among de children. Den my mother‘s mis-rn

tress left Louisville and brought her here to Missouri. When mother come to Missouri she was only 9 years old.

	“My old inistress~ I can‘t say a hard word about her. Before I was borned she was left a widow and she treated us almost like white folks. She took care of us and raised us up. Mother died
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.	after she ~ad six children and we was left in de care of dis old

mistress. The Catholic people treated us like as if we was free. My infr~her and father was married by de priest and it~ was lawful.

But dese other ones was married by de i~iasterhisself. When dey