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(Con‘t- Ex-Slave Story)

“I came to St. Louis in 1883 and did all kinds of hOu~ę work. I got a dollar a day.

Den I carne to FredericJ~own ‘cause I wanted to own a home. You were never~ sure dat you could bave a sure claim to lend in St~ i~ouis it v~ a ‘quick Claim‘. ~e lived One mile above

:	Fredericktown and had seven or eight acres. ~ married j~ Fredericktown and have no chudreri/ 1~y husband has been dead Since 1908. r made my way fine by washin‘ and irorthig an made ~l8. a week Since my husband died. I ~aid $985. for dis house.“
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