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Hallie Miller	District Three
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Reporter	Gallia County
Audrey Mei~hen	Folklore - Ex-slaves ~ 240

Author~Editor -

J~AV!ES CI~PBEa

Age8G -

	“Well, I‘se bo‘n Monro‘ County, West Virginia, on ~anuary 15, 1852, jes‘ tew miles from Union, West Virginia.“

	‘~My mammy wuz Dinnah Alexander Campbell an‘ ray ~appy wuz Levi Ca~pbe11 an‘ dey bof cum frutn Moxi.ro‘ County. Dat‘ s ‘bout only place I heerd dem speak ‘bout.“

	. “Der wuz Levi, F1~~yd, Henry, Noah, an‘ Mancy, jes‘ my haf brud.. dors an‘• sistahs, but I neber knowed no diffrunce but whut dey wuz my sistahe an‘ brudders.“

	“Where we liv? On Marse 3ohn Alexander ‚ s farm, he wuz a good. Marse too • All Marse John want w~iz plenty wurk dun and we dun i t too, so der wuz no trubble on ouah plantashun. I neber reclec‘ anyone gittin‘ whipped or bad treatment frum him. I does ‘members, dat sum de neiglibers say dey wuz treated prutty mean ‚ but I ‘ t ‘member much ‘bout it ‘caise I‘se leetle den.“ -

“Wher‘d. I sleep? I neber tergit dat trun‘l bed., dat I sleep in. I ‚ Marse Zohn ‚ s place kinda stock farm an ‚ I dun de m-11km‘ • You

all know dat wuz easy ltke so I jes‘ keep busy milkin‘ an‘ gits out de hard work. Nudder thing I uk to do wuz pick berries, dat wuz easy too, sol dun my shar‘ piekin‘.“ .