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	~‘Dere wus no books, or lamm‘ uv any kind allowed. You better not be ketched wid a book in yore han‘s. Oat

~	wus sumptin dey would git you fer. I ken read an‘ write

a little but I learned since de surrender . I~r mother

tole me tbout dat bein‘ ‘ginst de rules of de white folks.

I ‘members it ~vhi1e I wus only a little gal. When de

Yankees come thro‘.

“Dere wus no churches on de plantation an ‚ we wus

not tiowed to have prayer meetings in de cabins, but we went to preachin‘ at de white folks church. I ‘member dat. We set on de back seat. I ‘member dat.

“No slaves ever run away from our plantation

cause marster wus good to us. I never heard of him bein‘ ‘bout to whup any of his niggers. Mother loved her white

.	folks as long as she lived an‘ I loved ‘em too. No mister, we wus not mistreated. Mother tole me a lot ‘bout Raw

~	Head an‘ Blooäy Bones an‘ when I done lnean)she say,

î ‘Better not do dat any more Raw Head an‘ Bloody Bones

~gwine ter git yo‘.‘ Ha~ hal dey jest talked ‘bout ghosts till I could hardly sleep at nite, but de biggest thing in ghosts is somebody ‘guised up tryin‘ to skeer you. Ain‘t no sich thing as ghosts. Lot of niggers believe dere is do‘. ~ .