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	.	ni wiis to o small to w, dey had nie to do little things like it de chickens, an‘ mindiu‘ de table sometimes; but I wus too small to work. Dey didn~t let children work niuch in dem days till dey were thirteen or fourteen years old. I had plenty to eat, good. clothes, a nice place to sleep an‘ a good time. Marster roved his slaves an‘ other white folks said he loved a nigger more den he did white folks. Our food wus fixed up fine. It wus fixed by a regular cook who didn‘t do anything but cook • We had gardens ‚ a plenty ‘ meat ‚ a plenty, an‘ mot biscuit den a lot o‘ white folks had. I kin remember de biscuit. I never hunted any, but I went bird blindin‘ an‘ set bird traps. I caught lots o‘ birds.

	“Jack Johnson, my marster never had no children of his own. He had a boy with him by the name of Stephen, a nephew of his, from one of his brothers.. Marster Jack hadi three brothers Willis, Billy, and Matthew. I don‘ remember any of his sisters. There was ‘bout four thousand acres in de plantation an‘ ‘boůt 25 s].a!es . Marster would not have an overseer.

	“No sir, de slaves worked very much as they pLeased. He whupped a slave now an‘ then, but not much. I have seen him whup ‘em. He had some unruly niggers. Some of