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trays set on planks. They eat wid iron spoons,made a-b de blaoksmith‘sshop. What they eat? Peas, beans, okra, Irish ‘tators, mush, shorts, bread, and

milk. Dere was ‘bout five or six acres to de garden. U~ ieeptfat and happy.

ttWhO was de overseers? Mr. Wade Rawis was one and ~r. Osborne was


another. There was another one but ‘spect I won‘t name him,‘cause him had some troube vrid n~r Uncle Dennis. ‘Pears like he insult my aunt and beat her. Uncle Dennis took it up, beat de overseer, and run off to dewoods. Then when he ~it hungry ‚ him come home at night for to eat uznin. Dis kept up ‚ tu

S one day n~r pappy drive a wagon to tovm~ a~d Demnis jined him. Him was a settint on de back of de wagon in de town &nd somebody point him out to a officer.

S They clamp hini and put him in jail. After de ‘vestigation~they take hirntô de ~

S ~ whippint post r de tov~n, tie his foots, make him put his hands in de stocks3

55 pulled off his shirt,pull dovin his britches ~and whip him terrible.	~

S	~ “No sir, Maz~ster General Bratton didn‘t ~ low his slave& chillun to work.

I just played tround, help feed de stock and pics, bring~in de fruit from de ~orchard and sich like. ~ ~ ~ .

~	“Yes sir, marster give me smalicoins. What I do wid de money? I buy •

S :	a pretty oa~~ne time. Just don‘t ‘members what I did wid i~ all.
	S	~ went fishi& in- d~ Me],ton Branch ‚wid hooks • Ket oh rook	‚ S

-	55 perch and catfish. They eat niightygood. I like de shorimiri‘ bread and ~u~ar

.	55 cane ‘lasses best a~~1 de Lust time I ever do wrong was ‘bout=de ~waterrnelons. S t1Qur 8hoes was ~iiade on de place. They had wooden bottoms. My daddy,

.	being de fore~n, was de only siavedat was g~vŕ de hon~or ~o wear boots. ~ S :~ ~ ~Dere we:~ just two mulattoeč on de place. ~ One was a 4aughter of m~j aunt.

.	‚ Âa de ni~gers was crazy tbO~ her and. ~wid de ~nsent of i~ aunt, marster give

1~	~ k2flfolke :Ln ~Arkarteas • De o~bher was n~e, Rufus • My niarster~ ~s



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