s ist er had taught Aunt Is abe lia to r e ad and wr ite ‚ ai ~ dur in ~ de war she would read, an‘ tell us how everythint wus goin‘. Torn Mitchell, a slave, sassed marster. Marster tole him he would not whup him, but he would sell him. Tom‘s brothe~ Eenry,toY him if he wus left he would run away, ~o marster sold both. He carried. ‘em to Richmond to sell ‘em. He sold ‘eni on de auction block dere way down on ~oad Street. Jhen dey put Tom on de auction block dey found Tom had a broken leg and marster didn‘t git much fer him. He wanted to git enough ±~er these two grown settled men to buy two young men. Torn wus married. He ~zus sold from his wife and chilluns. Iviarster did not git enough fer ‘em to pay for dese two young boys. He had to pay de difference in money. De boys were ‘bout 21 or 22 years oie. When rnarster got back wid ‘em de overseer tole him he had ruined his plan~ tation. De boys soon become sick wid yeller fever ant both died. Dey strowed it ‘round, an‘ many died. Marster shore made a me s s ‘ thin~g s dat time.

	“Dr. Ben Viilson, of Warren County wus Iviarster ~iitcheli‘s brother-1n--law. He ‘tended de sick folks an‘ he made many trips. Sometimes as soon as he got home dey sent fer him a~gain.

	“We played mumble-peg an‘ hop-scotch when I wus a child, we played jumpin‘ de rope.a lot.