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	When slaves were freed her mother moved right away to her father‘s place, but she said the two sons of her master would not give her mother anything to eat then. “Master was willing, but dem boys would not give us anything to live on, not even a little meal.“

	“After the Civil War was over and the Yankee soldiers caine to our place, dey just took what they ~wanted to eat, went into de stable and leave their poor, broken~..down horses and would ride off with a good horse. They didn‘t hurt anybody, but just stole all they wanted.“

	One day she said her master pointed out Abe Lincoln to her. A long line of cavalry rode down the road and presently there cartie Abe Lincolnriding a horse, right behind them. She Id‘ t have much to s ay about Jeff Davis, except she heard the g rown people talking about him. “Booker Washir.~gton? Well, he was all right trying~to help the colored people and educate them. But he strutted around and didn‘t do much. People ought to learn to read the Bible, bi~t if you educate people too high it make a fool out o f then~. They won ‚ t work when they gets an education, just learns how to get out of work, learns how to steal enough to keep alive. They are not taught how to work, how do you expect them to work when t hey am ‚ t~ taught to work? Well, I guess I would steal too before I starved to death, but I am ~ t had to s teal yet . No ma±i ~an say he ever gave me a dollar but what I didn‘t earn myself. I was taught to work and I taught my chilluns to work, but this present crowd of niggers L

4 They won‘t do.“