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	I earned money, but nebber got lt. Dey wlz so mean I run away. I think dey wuz so mean dat dey snake me run away and den dey wouiidn‘t lieb to pay demoney. It I could roll up my sleevQ I could show you a mark that own from a beat In‘ I had wld a cow-hide whip. Dey whip me for nothin‘.

	After I run away I hed. around until the surrender curn. Eberybody cuni to life then. It wuz a hot time in de oie place whendey seze freedom. The colored ones jumped straight up, and down.

	De feed us plenty. We had pork, corn, rabbit, dey hed eberythin‘ nice. Dey made us stan‘ up to eat. Dey no low us sit down to eat. Der wuz bouttwenty.ôrthirty.slave~on de farm an some ob dein hed der own gardens. Anythln‘ dey gib Us to eat I liked. Dey had bees and honey.

	I wore little calico drees In de summer, white, red, and blue. Some hed flowers and some hed strips. We went barefooted until Christmas. Den dey gabe us shoes. De shoes were regular oie common shoes ; • not eben caiflkin . Dey weaved i1ne~ and made us our clothes. Dey hab sleeves, plain body and little skirt. I hedtwo of dem for winter.

	I hab seen lots ct‘ slaves chained together, goin‘ south, éome wuz ~ singin‘ and some wuz cryin‘ . Some hed dey chillun andsome didn‘t. ~

	Dey, took me to church wid dem and dey put me behind de do~i~. ~ Dey tôle in! to set der till dey corn out • And when I see dem cumin‘ ‘out to follow behind and get into de carrage. I. .dursent say nothin‘. I wuz like a petty dog.