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	“Finally dey aot like dey gwine to indulge in de wickedness wid dat oie man. But when he tuck off his whip and some other garments, my Manm~r and oie lady L~icy grab him by his goatee ~d fiart~her down and hist him over in de middle of deŒn blackberry bushes. Wid dat dey call me and John. Us grab all de bukkets and us all put out fer de ‘big house‘ Las‘ as our legs could carry us. Qle man Evans jest er hollering and er otissing down in dem briars. quick as us git to de big house us run in de kitchen. Cilia call Missus. She come and ax what ailing us and why we is so ashy looking. Well, my Maxruny and oie lady Lucy tell de whole story of dey‘ humiliations down on de ~reek. .

	“Mj~~u~ ‚ lowed dat i~t d~d3~t‘t make no diffuns ~ if Marsé was in Union, she gwinteraot prompt. So she sent fer Mr. ~vans and he took real long to git dar, but when he do come, Mt~sus, she ‘low — ‘Mr. Evans, us does not need yo‘ services on

dis plantati on no ‚ Sir ~‚ lie ‚ low Marse aini1t hei.. Missus ‘law — ‚ I does not went toa‘gue de point wid ye, Mr. Evans,

for yo‘ services has come to an end on dis plantationi‘ Wid dat oleman Ev&~~ gö off wid his head a-hanging in shame • US niggors went out end tolo de news wid gladness shining out f rom our eyes ‚ kaise us was d at glad dat we did not know what to do.

	“All de fields was enclosed wid a sp‘it rail fence in dem days. De ~flnde took dey rations to de field early every morning and de wimmens slaik work round eleven by de sun fer to build de fire ~id cook dinner. Mi~sus ‘low her niggers to git buttö~milk and olabber, when de ocmB . in full, to oarry