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prepared. by Annie Ruth	Davis	~ Rewritten by~
Plaee, Marion, 8.0.		 ____________________ j39
Date, Au~gast Il ‚ 1937	Page2. •  ~	‚~

Jast have bout one piece, Captain, make out of some kind. of homeraad.e cloth wid. no extra for Sunday. Wear Same kind. of pants on Sunday dat wear every day en same kind. of shoes call brogans wid brass toes. I am‘ see no fittin cloth since dey used to raise sheep en have dey own wool en have loom en spin. Look like G•d. emile on us in dat day en time.“

	“I work round de white folks house fpre freedom come, but I go back to de q~uarter en sleep when night come. Dem dat live in de quarter have lumber bed. wid. mattress macle out of sacks en hay. Den when dey ring dem belle en blow dem horns in de mornin, dat mean you better get up en go bout your task for dat day.“

	“Oh, dey work us hard en late in dem times. ~York from de 8u.nri8e in de mornin to de sundown in de evenin. Dey have a d.ri~er dat tote whip en see dat you do what you know to do. :Did.n‘ have no ~ai]. in dat day, but if you sin‘ do your task

•11 dey catch you, dey punish youby de whip. Some of de time, dey put em in d.e BO?fW;bOX Whilt dey press bales o! ootton wid.. Put ein in dare en run pries right down ‘ ~ oan‘ orush en dey eoulttn‘ movetil]. dey take em out in de inornin en whip em en put em to workf See plenty whipped on deplace. Dey make one fellow go over a barreL~ ~ en de other peoples hold. he head. down en de driver whip him. Give em 60 en 75 licks fore dey atop sometimes. Uee cI~ains to hold. em when dey break rbpea so dey oould.n‘ get away.!~