Interview, Cecelia Chappel - continued.
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tell us “Now you mm‘ yo Marster en Missis en don‘ steal fum dexn~“ I stayed wid mati IViissis fer a long time atter I got freedum en I cried lak a fool w‘en I bad ter leave dem. Mah iviissis seze “You ez jes as free as I ez,“ but I alius had good clothes en good food en I di&~‘ know how ltd git dernatter I lef‘ her.“ . . .
	“Mah white folks wuz tight on us but, as oie as I ez ‚ I offun think dat dey nebber hit a lick dat I didn‘ need.

	t n dey ha t r a ise d rae r ight ‚ I might hab ~got in me an e s s en bin locked up hàlf de time, but I ain‘t nebber bin ‘rest~ I ed, en I‘se ‘ferd ob de poilcemans. De fiel.‘ slaves wuz whixp‘d in de fiel‘s by de oberseer en de ~1arster en Ivlissis did hit at de house.“ •

	~	“L tell you we ~had a hahd time.. Mah Misais Woiilden‘ let dem sell me. 1 wuz a nuss en house gal. I wuz whup‘d

~	w id a bull whup, en g ot cut s on mah back ~ mermy a t 1mo • ~ ~ e riot shamed ter say I got skyars on mah back now furn Mar ster cut t in‘ hi t w id da t bull whup • Mah Mie s is al s o ut d me Wten de Missis got ready ter whup me, she would gib us sum wuk ter do, ‘so she would kind ob git ober her mad spell ‘fore she ‘ d us . Sum t ime s she w ould 1 ock u~ up in a dark closet en bring our food ter us. Ihated bein‘ locked up. Atter dey tuk me out . ob de house ‚ I wuked in de fie I‘ lak de tu‘ thur s . Long ‚ for e day br e ak ‚ we wuz~ s t an ‘ in de fie1~s leaniri‘ o~i our hoes waitin‘ fer daylite en waitin‘ fer de horn ter blow 30 we would start ter wixk. Ef‘n we


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