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our legs an‘ tied our hands to de stick and we could not d~ nuthin‘ but turn and twist. Dey would sure work on your back end. ~very time you turned dey would hit it. I been ~hupped dat way and scarred up . We slept on rnattresse s made o‘ tow sacks. Our clothes were poor. One~piece dress made o‘ carDet stuff, part oi~ de ti;:.e. One pair o‘ shoes a year after Christmas. Dey give ‚ em to us on January first; no shoes till after Christmas. Dey did not ~:ive us any holidays Christmas in harnett County. Dat wus ‚ ginst de rules. No prayer nor nuthin‘ on de plantation in our houses.~ Dey did not ‘low us to go to de white folks church, Dey did not ~ low de slaves to hunt, so we did not have any game. Dey did not ‘low us any patches. No sirree, we did not have any money.

	“De slaves Slept a lot on pallets dunn‘ slavery days. A pallet wus a quilt or tow carpet spread on de floor. ~ie used a cotton pillow sometimes. Dere wus about 50 slaves on de plantation. ~e had no overseer on master‘s plantation, and no books andï schools o‘ any kind7~or niggers. I cannot read and write. No sir, I wish I

~ou1d read and write.

	nI split rails and worked in de Cape Fear River Low Grounds. We fenced de fields wid rails split from trees, pine trees. Dey were eleven feet long.

.	~‘Yes sir, I~eed de patterollers. I seed a plenty