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nun of ‘em. Then Marse ~en brung me North to Ohio with him w‘az first time I knowed ‘bout such things. Marse Ben and. Miss Lacy mighty good. to me, sent rue to school and tole me ‘bout God. and. Heaven and took me to Church. No~ de white folks down. dar, neber hepped me to read or write.“

	“The slaves wum always tiahed when dey got wurk thin in evenins‘ so dey usually went to bed early so d.ey‘d be up fo‘ clock next morn in‘. On Christmas Day dey always had big dinn ut no tree or gifts.“

	“How‘.d I cum !T0rth? Well, one day I run ‘way.froin ~lantashun

	.	and hunted ‘tu I filled a bucket full turti‘ eggs den I takes dem j ovah on river what I hears der‘s sum Yankee soijers and de soijers

buyed. my eggs and hepped me on board. de boat. Den Marse Ben, he ~uz Yankee ofeer, toi ‘em he take cair me and he did. Den Marse Ben got

sick and. cum home and. brung me along and I staid. with~em ‘tu I wuz ‘bout fo‘ty~when I gets married and moved to ITyllis Hill. My wife, was Mary Williams, but she died. long time ‘go and so did. our little son, since dat time I‘ve lived alone.“

	“Tessuh, I‘se read ‘bout Booker Washington.“

	“I ~think Abraham Lincoln wuz a mighty fine man ‚ he is de ‘Saint of de colured race‘.“

	“Good day suh.“