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Project, iB~5-‘(1)	Reduced f~&~~ords
Prepared by Anni~ &~th Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, S.C.	~		~.	20
Date, December 26, 1937		~‘~flL



dem d&znn Yankees get no chance to stick dey rotten tooth in my rations. ‚ We say, ~Ma, you got all dese rations here en we hungry. ‚ She say, ‘No, dem ration belong to boss en yöu chullun better never bother dem neither.~ Den when Mr. Ross had see to it dat dey had fix everything safe, he take to de swamp. Dat what my mammy say cause he know dey Wasnt gwine bother de wornens. Lord, when dem Yankees ride up to de big house, Miss ROSB been scared to open her mouth cause de man wa s in de swanip. No ‚ child ‚ de y d idn‘ bö the r no thin mua h, but some of de rations dey get hold of. Often times, dey would come through en kill chickens en butcher a cow up en cook it right dere. Would~ eat all dey wanted en den when dey would go to leave, dey been call all de little plantation niggers to corne dere en would give demwhat was left. Oh, Lord, us was glad to get dem vitals, too. Yes,inam, all dey had left, dey would give it to de poor colored people. Us been so glad, us say. dat us wish dey would come back again. Den after dey had left us plantation, dey would go some other place where dere was another crowd of little niggers en would left de~ri a pile of stuff, too. Old Massa, he been stay inde swamp till he hear dem Yankees been leave dere en den he come home en would keep sendin to de colored people houses to get a little bit of his rations to a time. Uncle Solomon en Sipp en Leve, dey been eat much of boss‘ rations dey wanted cause