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cooked tern in our houses. We had no parties but we had

quiltin‘s. We went to the white folks church, Peach Tree

Church, six miles from de plantation an‘ Poplar Springs

Church seven miles away. Both were missionary Baptist
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	9There were no overseers onJackson May‘s plantation. He wouldntt have nary one. Billy Williams didn‘t have none. Dey had colored slave foremen.

	“After wurkin‘ all day dere wus a task of cotton to be picked ant spun by ‘em. Dis wus two onces of cotton. Some o±~ de slaves run away from Bill Williams when Iilarster Jackso n May le t him have ~ em to v~o rk . Dey run away an‘. come home • Aunt Chaney runned away an ‚ mother run away. Marster Jackson May kept tern hid cause he say dey wus not tre ated right . He wo ~ t le t t em have ‚ em back no more.

	UI never saw a grown slave whupped or in chains and I never saw a slave sold. Jackson May would not sell a slave. He didntt think it right. He kept ‘em together. He had eighty head. He would let other white people have ‘em to wurk ±~or ‘em sometimes, but he would not sell none of ‘em.
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