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	“~vianirny said dey ~ave de slaves on de plantation one day Christmas and dat New Years vms whendey sold ‘en~ an‘ hired tern out. All de slaves wus seared ‘cause dey didn‘t know who would i~ave to go off to be sold or to work in a strange place. Pap tale me ‘bout Ilvin‘ in de woods and ‘bout dey ketchin‘ him. ~ ~mernber ~ owner‘s n~ne den, it vms Stanley. He. run away so bad dey sold him several times. Pap said one time dey caught him and nearly beat him to death, and jest as soon as he ~ot well and got a good chance he ran away

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	“M3~y said whenè Yankees come through she wus

‘fraid of ‘em. De Yankees tole her not to be ‘fraid of ‘em Dey say to her, ~D0 dey treat you ri~:ht~, Mammy

said ‘Yes sir‘, ‘cause oie missus wus standin‘ dere, ant she viu~ ‘fraid riot to say yes. Atter de war, de fust year atter de surrender dey moved to James Alderman‘s place in D~pl1~ County and stayed dere till I wus a grown gal.
	“Den we moved to Goldsboro. Father wus a carpenter

and he got a lot of dat work. flat‘s what he done in Goldsboro. ~e come from ~oldsboro to Raleigh and we lived here every since. We moved here about de year de shake and my mother died right here in Raleigh de o‘ de shake. Some of de thin~s mother tole me ‘bout slavery. has g one right out of my min ‚ . Jes e orne s and goes. ~
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