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der wuzn‘t a better friend in ai]. de world den rc~y grandmother. She would

~	do ai]. she could for her grandchildren. Der wux no food allowance for ohillun ~ that oou].d iiot work and my grandmather fed us out of her and n~‘ niudders silowance. I meniber my grandxnudder giving us pot-licker, bread and red syrup.

	“De furet work I done to ~et ~ny food wuz to carry water in de field to de hands dat w~~z workiu‘. De next work after dat, wuz when I wu~ large enough to plow. Den I done eberything else that come to hand on de farm. I ne~ber earned money in dem slave days.

	“our general food wuz such as sweet potatoes, peas and turnip gre~ns. Den we would ~.unip out and ketoh.a coon or possum. 1fe ate rabbits, squirrel ~ ground-hog and hog meat. We hed fish, oat-fish and scale fish. Such things as greens, we boil dem. Fish we fry. Possum we parboil den pick him up and bakö him. Of all dat moat I prefar fish and rabbit. W~.en it oox~ to

	s cabbage wuz my de i~ and turnips . De s laves 1~tç~d their own garden patch.

	“I wore one piece suit until I wuz near grown~ joe one garment dat we called et dat time, going out in your shirt tall. In de winter we hod cotton shirt with a string to tie de collar, instead of a button and tie. We war
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den same thee on Sunday, except~ng dat mudder would wash and iron dem for

dat day.

~	~ went barefooted in de summer and in de winter we wore brogan shoes.

Dey were made of heavy stiff leather.

	“Lty mas sa wuz named Sam Jemis on and his wife wuz named Chloe ‚ Dey hed chillun. One of the boys wuz immed Sain after his father . De udder wuz Jack. Der wuz daughter Nellie. Dem wuz all I know bout. De lied a large six roŚn building. It wuz weath‘~r boa~rded and built on de common order.