	~My pappy was bought from de Adameon peoples; they say they got him off de ship from Afrioa. He sho В was a ~.n; he run all de other niggers СIray from my mamn~С az~d took up wid her widout aekinС de marster. Her nati~ was Larinia~ When us got free В he ~ sisted on Adamson was de uaiae us would go by. He name was William Adamzon. Yes sirs ~i~j brothers was : Justua В liii lyard, and Donald В and ~ sisters was В Martha and ij~

	Вt t Deed I did work be1~o В freedom. What I do СZ Hoed cotton, piok cotton, t tend to calves and. slop de pigs В under de В vision of de overseer Х ~ho he

was ? Pirat one naine Mr Х Cary, he a good ~n. Another one Mr Х Tim Gladden, burn you up whenever he just take a notion to pop his whip. Us boys run tro~d iii our shirt tails. Ue lek to see if he could lift de shirt tail

widout teohint de skin. Just as often as not В gli, he tech de skin. Little boy holler andI~.rster Tim laugh.

	УUs lire in quarters. Our beds was nailed to de sides of de house.

Most of de chillun slept on pallets on de floor. Got Сwater from a big spring.

	СIDe white folks ttend to you all right. Us had t~o doctors, Doctor Carlisle and Doctor James.

	~i see some money, but never own any then. Bad plenty to eat: Meat, bread, milk, lye hoininy, horse apples, turnips, coUards, pumpkins, and dat kind of truck.

	~СWas marster rioh? E~v come he wasnСt? He brag his land was ten miles square ad he had e. thousand slaves. Them poor white folks lookл ed up to hi~a l~k dрр Ali~ighty; they shoС did. ~ They would have stuck their hands inj de Ztr. if h. had of asked them to do it. He had a fish pond on top of~ de house end terraoes ~td at.rarberries, all over de plaoe.