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whenever I chose to tote it that far. ~e did‘n‘ work so hard in those days. I don‘t know flothlfl‘ a1~out field han‘s an1 workmen on the river, but so far as I knows the carpenters an‘ people like that started work at 8 &clock

A. M. and stopped at 5 o‘clock P. M. Of course ‘round the house it was different. Our folks done pretty much what the wh ite fo Iks d Id b ecaus e we was all px~tty much one an‘ other.

	ttDia I ever kflO~i of any slaves bein‘ whipped? I

seen plenty o f ‚ em whipped over at the j ai 1 ‚ but th em was t?~ niggers, (this with a grimace of disgust, and shaking of the head.), they needed whippin‘. But (with a chuckle) I ‘ would bave hat ed~. to see anybody put they han‘ s on one of my owhert s people . We was all ‚ spectable an ‚ did‘ ~ know notnin‘ aiout whitpen. Our mammy‘ s sp~iked us aplenty,

~	~ they did.

	“1 remember when they didn‘t have no trusseis ‚ cross either river, an‘ they had a passages boat by the name of Walker i~i, an‘ the warf was up there by the Charlotte railroad . A • L . ) The Boat w ould take you from there to the bluff an‘ then you would have to catch the train to go to Greensboro, and other places in No‘th Carolina.

	“I remember when the Fourth Street Fire Department beil was in front of the City Hall. An‘ Mr. Maginny had his school right back of the City Hall.

.	‘ii believe we was all happy as slaves because we