~- tt~ofle of Major Piokens Butler‘s slaves ever

from him, but~ scm~ in de neig~iborhood did rim away, and heard of dem again.

	-	“The padorrollers would catch a nigger if have a pass. Some wouldpass and re—pass in the road, gèt catched and such scuffling would go on~

	“We worked on Saturda~r afternoons unless boas give time off to work o~ir own little patches or do some other work we had to do. But some would frolic then and wash up for~ Sunday ‚ or set around • On Sunday we went to church and talked~ to neighbors . On Chf‘istmas we celebrated by having a big dinner w~ioh the master give us. We had three days holiday or sometimes a week. We had New Year‘s Day as a special d~r for working, ‘cause it was a sign if we worked good dat day, we would work good. all de year. The white folks had corn-shuckings ~nd cotton pickings in slavery and after freedom, too. Den would have b 1g suppe r. ~ Some ne ighbors walk ~ t en miles ‚ like walking to church . or tO school. Didn~t think anything of walking dat far.
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	Uwe used to have to wake up at sun—up and

work till sundown. We didn‘t learn 1~o read and write; but we had a prayer house on de plantation where we could go to soitietimes, until freedom come, then we went on to it just the same. Old nian Bennefield, a nigger preaoher,talked to us there. I can ‘member one of de favor Ito s ongs we sung:

“Show pity, O Lord, forgive, Let e‘er repentant sinner live; Are not thy mercies large and ~ree, May not a s inne r tr~ist in Thee.“

~	“My crimes are great, and can‘t surpass,
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went away dey never



he didn‘t

and maybe