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	~	u Now my father, he was a fighter. He was mean as a bear.He w~s so bad to ficht and s o t rouble so~e he was sold four time s to ~y knowing and maybe a heap mofe‘ times . That ‚ s how come ray name Is Falls ‚ even if some does call me Robert G~oforth. Ni~gers would cban~e to the name of their n.ew marster,every time they ras sold. ~A~,nd my father had a lot of naines, bat Ice-p the one of his mar ste r when he ~o t a ~o od home . ~hat man was Harry i~al Is .He said he ‚ d. been trying to bi~r father for a 1321g time ‚ becau~se he was the best w~gonerin all that country abouts. And. the man what sold him to Falls, his name was Collins, he told my father,tI You so mean,I ~ot to sell you. You all time complaining about you dont like your white fol1~s. Tell me now who you wants to live with. Just pick your man and I will ~o see him. ~ Then my father tell s 0~llins ‚ I want you to sell me to Marster H~rry Falls.. They made the trade. I ~disremember what t$ money was, but it weS bis. Good workerseold for $1,000 and. 42,000. After that the white: folks di&ntbave. no more trouble with i~iy father.Btit he‘d.
	:	~ still fight.Tha.tman would fi~1at a she—bear aridlick herevery time.1t	1

~ ~	fi My mo ther . was so 1 d ~ three times before I was born . The last time

	-	when Old ~oforth sold her, to the slave speculators,—you know every tithe they needed money they woi4.d sell a siave,~ and the~r was taking them, drt~ving

~ them, just like a pack of mules, to the market from North Cärolina into South

Carolina, ehe begu.n to have fits.: YOU see..ti~ieyhad ‘sold her away from her

~ ~	b~r. And just likel tell you she be~wa bavi:r~g fits. They got to the jail house where they was to stay that n~ht, and she took on so, Jim Siad.e and Press Worthy‘- them was the slave speculators, ~cou1dLnt do nothing with her.Next morn~ ix~g one ~f them took her back to Marse Goforth ~ad told htm~“Look here.We cant

do nothin& with thi s woman . You ~o t to take h~r and give us back our monay.~nd. do it now,~ theysays.4nd they mean lt too.8o Old. Marse Goforthtook my mother


~	~ ~ ¶3~ ~ th5ifl back their money. Afterthat n~e of us was ever separated.We j... ~ :~» ~~e4ta bz~th,F ~4 two sièters aM m~ ~uiot~r, With the Goforths. ti).I

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