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I ‚ spects dat de chief reason how come it done gone plum out o‘ date. I most fergot to Inform you dat resin pills is still de best thing dat I knows to start your “wat r“ off when it done stopped on ye.

?tIt was a special day on each plantation when

de Master and de o‘seer give out de week‘s rations, like dis:

Four poun~1s o‘ bac~i; one peck o‘ meal; quart o‘ ~ flour; quart o ‚ molasses ; -dey was dat black; . and dey was de rations fer a whole endurin‘ week. Had a big ohoppin‘ block where all de meat was chopped on. In dem days every bit o ‚ de meat was raised on de plantation from de Master‘s hogs. Into de grooves o‘ dis choppin‘ block would git lodged small pieces o‘ meat. Choppin‘ ~ax was heavyand bröad. Heavy rations come out on Friday. On 8ad‘day come de shoulder meat fer Sunday mornin‘ kf‘ and de flour come on Sad‘ day also~. Our Master ~ give us hominy fer Sunday mi‘ brekfas ‚ ‚ kaise us had red meat wid gravy den. My Master was Marset~ Torn Carlisle of ~oshen Hil 1. He de one give us dem Sunday specials • De niggers on de other surroundin‘ plantations never got no seoli ‘sideration as I ever heard of.

“Me and John minded de~Missus‘ cows. When de

red meat ohoppin‘ was done all de plantation chilluns would be

dar to git what fall in de grooves o ‚ de block. One day John

‘lowed to me if you puts your ol‘ black hand on dat block ‘fore

I does today, I is a gwine to chop it off. I never said nary

a word, but I joe‘ roll my eyes at him. I got dar arid broke