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play Hide an‘ S e ek ‚ an ‚ Leap Fr og ‚ an ‚ ev e r ‚ b ody wuz happy. ~ “Dey had time off ter hunt an‘ fish an~ dey had dere o~m chickens, pigs, watermillons an‘ ~‘yardens. De fruits ñ~om de big orchard an‘ de honey from de hives wuz et at home, ant de slave et as good as his rnarster et.(Dey had

...	a whole heap c:? bee hives an1 my mariimy said dat she had

••~‘. ter tell dem bees when Mist Mary died. She said~how she

:~ ~iUZ cryin‘ so hard dat she can‘t hardly tell ‘em, ant dat ~L C~ hum läk dey am m‘ mi‘ t o o . J

	“1v~r rnaim~iy marry my papuy dar an‘ she sez dat de preacher from de Methodis‘ Church marry tern, dat she wtar ~~:±ss r~ryts weddin‘ dress, all uv white lace, ant dat my pappy WI ar 1~1r . Charlie1 s 1‘ suit wid a flower ~ in de button hole. Dey gived a big dance atter de supper dey

.	had, ant Marster Charlie dance ‘de fU~st set wid my mammy.

	UI jist thou~!;ht of a taie what I hyard my mammy tell ‘bout de Issue~ees of Edgecombe County when she wuz a

	little gal. She said dat de IssueFrees wuz mixed wid de ~ : vthite folks ‚ an‘ uv cou ! se dat make t~em free. Sometimes „ dey stay on de plantation, but a whole heap uv dem, long

	wid niggers who had done runned away from dere marster,

~	duggedeaves in de woods, an‘ dar dey lived ant raised dere farnblies dar. Dey am ‘~t wored much clothes an‘ what dey got to eat an‘ to wtar deys~riped from ~e white folkses. Mammy said dat she uster go ter de spring fer