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is sparing me for. I~ reckon itts for some good. reaw, and. I‘d. Itke to live to be a hundred. 1f ~e wants me to. I‘m not tired of living yet!

	r was born i~ 3?lorence, Alabama. My fathert ~ name was Thomas Wood.s and, my mammy was Frances Fc s ter. Mammy belonged to Wash Fo s ter and. father was owned. by moses Woods, who lived on an adjoining plantation. He worked for hi. s Master ever1 day but spent each ni dit. wid us. He walked ‚ bout a mi le to his work evert day.

	Master Wash was a poor man when he marri ed. Miss Sarah Watkins ~ of Rich~. moud, Virginia, Her father was as rich as çream, ho owned 7 plantations and ~DO slaves to each pla~itation. Whsn Master Wash and. Miss Sarah got, marri ed. her father give her 50 slaves. wert body said. Miss Mary j est married. Master Wash because he was a purty boy, and. he suré was a fine lookin.€ man.

	He was good. and kind. to all his slavés when he was sober, but he was awful crabbed and. cross when he was drunk, and he was drunk most of de time. He was hard. to please and sometimes he would whip de slaves. t remember seeing Master Wash whup two men once. He give ‚ em 200 lashes. ~

	Miss Sarah was de best woman in de world. It. takes a good. woman to live wid. a d.r~kard. .

	Two of the men ran away one time and. was gone till ‘dey got . tired. of staying away. Master Wash wouldnt t let anyàne hunt ~ em. When dey finally come homê he had dem strapped in stocks and. den deir bodies bared to de wal et and he sure did. ply de lash. ~ I gues s he whupped. ‚ em harder dan he woùld 1f he lmdn‘ t‘ been so full of whi sky.

	ge never did sell any of his slaves. He kept the 50 dat es Sarah~ s ~ ~ t em and. deir increase. . He bought some evert time dey had a sale.

Hào~~d twà plantaticAs and. dey was about a hundred slaves on each one.