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somewhere so he can‘t hear you, nigger‘.

	“Some time I sorry I‘s free. I have a hard time now. If it was slavery time, I‘d be better off in n~ body and easy in n~r mind. I stays wid my daughter, Emily. My old inarster, Wateree Jim, is de bestest white man I has ever knowed. My raee has never been very good to me.

	UI was too young to work much, just ‘tend to de cows, carry water in de fields, pick up chips, find de turkey and guinea nests. I‘s never voted in my life, never been in jail in rr~r life. Seem lak I‘s just a branch or pond dryint up on de road side, and de onliest friend I!s got is de Pres— ident a&1 dat good old dog of mine.

	“Goodbye and God bless you sir, ‘tu we meet again.“