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I~:a~nmy said dat ail de slaves cried when de Yankees come, an‘ dat most uv ‘em stayed on a long time atter de war. L:y maniny plowed an‘ done such work all de time uv s1aver~ but she done it case she wanted to do it an‘ not ~cause ~~e:; ;~a:~e her.

	~1AII de slaves hate de Yankeesan‘ when de southern

soldiers eo~:ed by late in de, night ail de ni~:~ers ~ot out of de bed a& ho1din~ torches . high dey march behin‘ ~e soldiers, all of dein singjn‘~ ‘We‘ll Earig Abe Lincoln on de Sour k~re Tree. Yes marn, dey wuz sorry dat dey wuz free~ an‘ dey aintt got no reason tu be glad, case dey wuz ha~pier den dan now. •. : ~ ~ ~ ~

	~i‘se hyard rnaxmiy tell ~.bout how de niggers would sing as dey ticked de cotton, but.yo‘ ain‘t hyard none uv dat ~.ow. Den dey ain‘t had to worry ‘bout nothirl; flow dey has ter study so much dat dey ain‘t happy nuf~ ter sing no mo~

	~‘Does yo ‚ know de cause of de war?“ Aunt Alice want to a cupboard and retunned holding out a book. tiWell hyarts de cause, dis ~Înçle ~ C&~jJ1 WUZ de cause of it all~an‘ its‘ de bi~*gest lie what ever been gived ter de ~ubiic.“