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alit what de cruel slave owner or driver done ter him‘.
ttïes mam, I knows when de Yankees corned ter Smithfield.

Ue~ corned wid de beatin‘ of drums an‘ de wavin‘ of flags~ JJey says dat our governor wuz hyar makin‘ a speech but he

.	~lev~ed tfore dey got hyar. ~yhow, we lihed off from de ~n~An path of march, an‘ so we aintt been trouble so much ‘cept öy ‘scootin‘ parties, as my oie missus call ‘em.
~1 Dey ein de darndest yo‘ eber seed, dey ~on‘t eat no

hog meat ‘cept hams an~ shoulders an‘ dey goes ter de smoke house an‘ gits ‘em ‘thout no permission. Dey has what dey

~	calls ranimin ‚ rods ter dere guns an‘ dey Icnock de chickens

ill	de haid wid dat • I hyard dein say dat dar ‘ t no use‘ wastin‘ powder on dem chickens. ~

: f~ ~ “Dey went ober de neighborhood stealth‘ an‘ kiihin‘ ~\ stock. I hyard ‘bout ‘em ketchin‘ a pig, cuttin‘ off his

~	)harns an‘ leave him dar alive. De fount all de things we

~	done hid, not dat I thinks dat dey am witches, but dat dey

~ f has a money rod, an‘ ‘cides dat some of de slaves toi‘ ‘em

~	\~ ~ marster had hid de things.

~	\‚~_~ “Yes ‘um, I re~kon.I wuz glad ter git free, case I

~	knows don dat I won ‚ t wake up some mornin ‚ ter fi‘ dat my

~	mammy or some ob de rest of mY family ein done sold. I heft

~	.~ de day I hyard ‚ bout de surrender an ‚. I fared right good

~	~ too ‚ ‘ I knows dem what am ~ t far 1‘ so we li.