Oklahoma Writers ‚ Project	~ —4ø~ 13?


	De next morning as de slave did. not show up with. de boots dey went to look for him and found him lying d~own trying to pull de boots off. He told. his Master &at he had. put de boots on to shine ‚ em and could not pull 1em off. So Master had. to go to town and. ~bt~y de traveler another pair of boots. Before he could. rc~n away de slave was beaten wid. 500 lashes.

	De War dat bro~ht our freedom lasted about two years. Me Master went and~ carried one of de slaves for a servant. When he returned. he seemed a much different man &an he was before de War. He was kind and good and. from dat day on‘~he ~never whipped another slave nor did he allow any of his slaves whipped. Dis time lasted from January to June de 19th when we was set free in de State of Texas.

	Lincoln and. Davis both died. short of‘ promise. I means dat d.ey both died before d.ey carried~ out defl‘ plans and promises for freeing de slaves.