One day I ~ she sezs to Marse Hunt, ‘I hopes youbuys hun‘erds : an‘ hun‘erd~ ob slaves ant neber sells .a one. Hur name vms Erelie

	Kizar Chartain.“

	“Marse anT ni~issus, inighty kind to us slaves. I lurned to sew, piece quilts, clean de brass ant irons ant dog irons. Most time I set with de ai‘ ladies, ant light deir pipes, ant tote ‘ein ~tah, in

gourds. I us‘ tu gether de turkey eggs an‘ guinea eggs ant sell t~,
~
I gits ten cents duzen f0t de eggs. Marse and MissUs v~z &iligh an‘

de count money like dis ~ ‘ pence, ha ‚ penny • Whut I do with my money? Chile I saved it to buy myself a nankeerrdress.“.

	‘tYes inam we -always had plenty to eat. ~Nhat‘d I like bes‘ to

eat, wahl‘s, honey and stuffed sausage, but I spiso poss~i and coon. Marse Hunt had great big meat hous‘ chuck full all kinds of meats, Say, do you all know i~Iarse used to keep stuffed sausage in his smoke hous‘ fo‘ yeahs an‘ it wuz shure powahful good when it ~niz cooked. Ouah kitchin wuz big an‘ bad great big fiah place whur we‘d bake ouah bread in de ashes. We baked ouah corn pone an‘ biskets in a big spidah. I still have dat spidah an‘ uses it.“

	“By the way you knows Squire Gellison wuz sum fishahrnan an‘ shure to goodness ketched lots ob fish. Why he‘d ketch so many, he‘d clean t em, cut ‚ em up, put t em in half barrels ant pas s ‚ em ‚ round to de people on de farms.“

	“Most de slaves on Iviarse Hunt‘s place had dir ~rn garden patches. Surntimes dey‘d have to hoe the gardens by moonlight. Dey sell deir vegetables to.Marse Hunt.“

	“In de s‘.~mmah de women weah dresses and aprun.s made ob linen an‘ me~ weah pants and shurts ob lInen. Li~sey~.‘woolsey and jean wuz woven