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	. J_~ I (J~t~ ~~ot so s~(EGred dat ~ii~: :L:~un ~ rourL ‚ an ‚ ‚ rotin ‚ de hOUSE,

~ ‚ i~iarse ~ ruJ~ aitGi~ ICI‘ ~ ~n ‚ every :~o:~ an ‚ den he th ‚ ow out ~ ~L i1~ ~- wni;:; ~n ~ curl it ‚ roun ~ her shouldeLs . Evei‘~‘ time it [Li.U ~ ci~t 01k,: n thruu~:~ her c1othe~. j~t Cary ~~ot so skeered dat dc ~H:; ~ .e th~t ni ht b~fo ‚ ~ twuz time . De baby wuz b~n dead an‘ Mii:3 ‚ ~ vient on to giory wid it ‚ Dey say she was glad to go. ~ ~ e~~.ieryt:~ir~c: on dat p1ant~Ltion, animal an‘ man was sl:eered :jI Ji .~. :. •~:hip~-—•~t~t Wkii~ dat never .L~eï~ I~Ïarse Urew‘s wris ‚. It was ffla.i~e ~: nome-~t~nneci leatiier plaited in a un‘ co:c~ci bi~ as a mau ‚ s tI~ur~‘ . à1J~ da~i it swun~ irOm a leather strop tied to his wris ‚ an‘ at ni!it it lay on a chair ‚ side de bed whare he could reach it easy.

	it was jus ‚ be±~o ‚ de YankEes corne over here to £i~:ht dat ~~arse Dre~ bou1~1ht Cieve a~i‘ Lissa La~~on. Dey was my gran‘marr~uiy an‘

~ gran‘ pappy . ~iy IrLaf~ my den was a baby . Marse Drew bou~:I~t ~ for fo‘ hundred an‘ fifty dollars. flat was cheap kaze de niggers was young wL ~ar:~L fann trainint 01e ~iarse didn‘ buy mammy. He said a nigger brat wuzn‘ no good, dey wouidn‘ sell an‘ dey might die beTh‘ de:j -rowed up ‚. ‚ sides dey was a straiii on de in~mmy what breas ‚ missed it, Lissa ~ut up powerful kaze he made her leave de baby behin‘ ‚ but Marse Drew jus ~ laughed an‘ tole her dat he ~~ou1d give her a puppy ; dat ~e:i was plenty o~ houn‘ s on de plantation. Den he snapped de chains on dey wris‘ an‘ led dem off. Llssaant ~1eve never seed dat. baby no more. Aunt Beck Lawson took an‘raised her an‘ when she

r ~rowr~ she was my niax~uny~

r ~ Yes ‚ suh ‚ Mars e Drew bought dein niggers like he was uyi‘ a