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Phillis, Uncles Henry, Mitchell, Louis and. Andy, and. the others were Uncle Logan and. Uncle Nathan. They was old. Mistresst slaves when she done iriarried.,

	Old Master and old. Mistress had. three boys, Eli, Bills and. Dock. They had to go to war and old. Mi stress shot cUd. cry. She say they might get killed and. she might not see ~em any more. I won~.er why all dem white folks didntt think of that when they sold mothers away from they chillun. I had. to be sold. away from my mother. Two of her boys was badly wounded. but they all come back.

	Abe Lincoln done everything he could for the niggers. We lost our best friend when he got killed.