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on the Ellis plantation married me to ~Jane Ellis. Deint wuz good tines, Caze‘ iviarse had us plenty to eat, good clothes to wear, and he gare us a new log house to live

in.

	“Captain Foster got de‘ two i~a~~don places. he awn— edthe ~il1 ~aty Place an~ ~Ceaar Grove ~ ~ He never own—
	ed s1aves~ ~ ~	-

	t, -I~e and Jane cooked in our fireplace. It had a big crane fer‘ de. ‚ pot to hangon. ~e had acovered skil— let to bä.kein, and. a frying skillêt. Lis never cookëd~on Sunday, but madepones onSaturday. Wemade our Yeast of
	meal and~hpp-vine.“		-




~	Source: .&]~bert Means(91), Uniqn, S.C.
.	Interviewer: Cald.weiI ~ Union, S.C. (5/7/35)