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Projeot, i~5-.(i)	Reduced. fräin‘~words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, B.C.	~—-..--- —~-.--—-~-
Date, January ~ 193e	Page 2. -



C O olin board ‚ dat what dey used to have to lay all de dead. people on, but dis day en time, de undertaker takes dem en fixes dem up right nice, I say. I tellin you, I am‘ had no sense since I lost my people. Sometimes, I axes de Lord what he keepin rue here for anyhow. Yes,rnarn, dat does come to me often times in de night. Oh, it don‘ loQ~k like I gwine ever get no better in dis life en if I don‘, I just prays to God to be saved. Yes, Lord, I prays to be lifted to a restful home, ~

	“Just like as I been hear talk, some of de people fare good in slavery time en some of dem fare rough. Dat been acoordin to de kind of task boss dey come up under. Now de poor colored people in slavery time, dey give dem very little rest en would whip some of dem most to death. Wouldn‘ none of dem daresen to go from one plantation to another widout dey had a furlough from dey boss. Yee,mam, if dey beçn catch youoomin back widout dat walkin paper de boss had give you, great Jeruseleum, you would sho catch de devil next mornin. Myblessed a mercy, hear talk dey spill de poor uigg~r‘s bio od awful much in slave r y t ime • Hear ~ heap of dem was fre e long time fore dey been know it cause de white folks, dey want— ed to keep . dein in bondage . 0h ‚ my Lord, dey would cut dem so hard till dey just slash de flesh right off dent. Yes,niam, dey C a]. 1 dat t hing dey be en whip dem wid de cat o ‚ nine tail • No,
darlin, I hear talk it been made out of pretty leather plaited.