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stepped ober de broom an.‘ course I doan know when. b‘ knows dey aintt let no little runty nigger have no chilluns. Naw sir ‚ dey am ‚ t ‚ dey operate on dem lak dey does de male hog sots dat dey can~t have no little runty chilluns.

	“Some of de rnarster~ wuz good an‘ some of dem wu.z bad. I wuz glad ter be free an‘ I Ïef‘ der minute ~ finds out dat I is free. I ain‘t got no kick a-~comin‘ not none at all. Some of de white folkses ~iz slaves, ter git ter deUnited States an‘ we niggers aintt no better, I reekons.~

























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