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		Ex~s1~,ve 79 years.
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	~‘i: ~ b~i befo‘ de war. I W~ about eight years oie wh€n de Yankee mens corne through.

	My mammy an‘ pappy, Hattie an‘ Jim Jeffries belongEd to Marse Ffank Jeffries. Jarse Ff~nkcome ±rorri 1n1551331001, but when I

•ba~:~i he an‘ Mis‘ Mary.Jane ~~1ivin‘ dov~n he~ ne~r Louisburg in

~Torth Carolina whare dey had ~ big plantation ~‘Adon~~ow how
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rn~ny niggers. •~ Marse Frank w~ good to his nig~ers) toeptihe never give dem ~nough to eat . He worked dem hard on half rations ‚ but

he didn‘ believe in all de time be.~tin‘ an‘ scum‘ dem.
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My pappy worked at de stables, he ~ er good ho+~eman, but my
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~	m&mniy worked at de big house h~Lp4& Mis‘ Mary Jane. ~ ~ãiTimy worked

~	in de weavin‘ room. I cari see her no~ settin‘ at de weavint machine

~	an‘ hear d~ pedals goin‘ plop, plot, as she treaded ~e~i wi‘~ her

~	~eets. She w~z~a good weaver. I stayed trount de big house too,

~	picKin‘ up chips, sweepin‘ de yari an‘ such~as d&t. Mis‘ M~ry Jane ~ wt~quick as er whip-~po‘-wi11. She had black eyes dat snapped~i‘
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~ dey seed everythin‘ . She could ~ her head so ouick dat she‘d ~ ketch y~-ëvery time yo~tried to steal 4~iwnp of sugar. I liked

~	~/Iarse F±‘ank better den I did ~iis‘ Mary Jane. All us little chiliun
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~	called him Bid‘ Pappy.~~ery time he we~rtt ~ he brung us

~	fli~gers back some cand~>‘~Ie went to Raleigh erbaut twice er year)

~	Raleigh wuz er far ways from de plantation~near ‘bout sixty miles.
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~	.rt always took Marse Frank three days to make de trip . A day to go,
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