4.	7?
	UI ain‘t neber learn ter read an‘ write an‘ I knows now dat I neber will. I can‘ -t~ eben write a letter ter ~~a1eigh ‘bout my oie man‘s pension.

	~‘j: ‘members de days when maximiy wored a blue hankerchief ‘xound her haid an‘• cooked in de great house. She‘d aome~

times sneak me a cookie or a cobbler an‘ fruits. ~he had her own little gyardin an‘ a few chicken~ ein‘ we w‘oud ov been h~ppy ‘cept dat we wuz skeered o‘ bein‘ sold.
	‘tI‘se glad dat slavery am ober, case now de ni~er has

	chanct ter live an‘ lam wid de,whites. i)ey won‘t neber

	good as de whites but dey can lam ter live an‘ enjoy

	more.

	tt3peakin‘ ‘bout de Ku Klux dey ain‘t do nothint but Sc are me bac k in ‚ 69 ‚ but iff~en we had soins now I thinks dat some of dese young nigger~ what nas forgot what dey mainmies toi‘ ‘em would do better.‘~