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	We wore~ geans and e hi rts of ye how cotton ‚ we wore no s hoes up tu Christmas. I wore just de same during de suzoener except a little coat, We had 119 under shirt 11k we have now. We wore de seine on Sunday. Der wuz no Sunday suit. :‚

	De mass and inissus hed one boy. De boy wuz much older than I. Dey were all kind to me. I remember plenty poor white chiflun. I remember Will and John Nathan. Dey were poor white people.

	I~r massa had three plantations. He hed five slaves on one and four on another. I worked on one with four slaves. ~ father worked on one wid my brother and mother • ~41e would wake up at 4 and ~ o ‘clock and de chores in de barn by lamp light. De overseer would ring a beil in de yeard, if it wuz not too cold to go out. If it wux too cold he would own and knock on de door. It wuz 8 or 9 o ‘clock fore we cuin in at night. Den we have to milk de cows to fore we have supper.

	De slaves were punished fore cumin‘ in too soon and unhitching de horses . Dey would bei~d dein accros s a barre 1 and switch dem and den s end dem back tode fields.

	I head dent say dey switch de blood out of dem and salt de wo~4d den dey could not work de next day.

	I saw slaves sold. ~eywou~d stand on a block and menwould bid for dein. De highest bidder bought de slaves. I saw dem travel in groups, not

cha med ‚ o~e white man in front and one in bac k. Dey looked like cattle. .~S . De white folks nover learned me to read or wtite.

	Der were pepolle~ . Dey were mean if dsy catch you out late at night. If a slave v~ii~ out late at night he hed to hive a notice from his massa. Der wuz tmuble if de s laves were out late at night or if dey run off to another man.