‘fore de fire to cook te~ ~ would turn an‘ turn ‘em. till dey wus done. Dey hung some up in de chirnbly an‘ dry ‚ em out an ‚ keep ‚ em a long time an‘ ôat is de reason I won‘t eat a rabbit toady. No Sin I won‘t eat a rabbit. I seed tem mess wii ‘em so much turned me ‘gi~st eatin‘ tem~
ItI dorL‘t know how much Ian‘ Marster John owned but,

Honey, dat vais some plantation. It reached from Auburn to de l~euse ï~iver. Yes Sir, it aid, ‘cause I been. down dere in corn huhn‘ time an‘ we fished at twelve otciock in Neuse diver • Marster John had overseers . ~ere wus six of ‘em. Dey rode horses over de fields but I don‘t ‘riiember dere names.
tti never seen a slave whupped but dey wus whupped

on de plantation an‘ I heard de grown folks talkin‘ ‘bout it. ~r uncles Nat an‘ Bert ~riffiths wus both whupped. Uncle Nat would not obey his missus rules an‘ she had him. whupped. Dey whupped Uncle Bert ‘cause he stayed drunk so much. He loved his licker an he got drunk an‘ cut up bad, den dey whupped him. You could git plenty whiskey den • Two‘ t like I t i s now • No sir ‚ it wo ‘ t • Whiskey sold fur ten cents a quart . Most ever‘ body drank it but
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