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		   RACHßL GAINE~S
		  1025 10th Ave. N.
		Nashville ‚ Tennessee


t) )~awd~ !. t It se d unn o how o le I e z • B ‚ le ev e s I‘ se t roursi

95 ter 100 ytars. Defust thing I members ez I WUZ tuk in a waggin ter Trenton, Kentucky en sold ter Dr. Bainbridge Dickerson jest lak dey sold cows en hosses. Mah sistah wuz sold in de same way at Bowling Green, Kentucky ter ‚ nuti~er
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Marster.
t?1 WUZ sold only one time in mah life en dat wuz w‘en

MarsterDickinson bought me. ~tter freedum~*uz ‘è~lared de Marster tole all his slaves dat dey could go wharever‘y dey pleased but eftn dey couldn‘t rnekdere own living ter korn ter t im e n ~ he W ou id ht p~ d em ~ „ ~

ttMjSSUS Dickinson kept me dere kaze I wuz nuss ter dere

son Howard who wuz sho a wiki one. I member how he would tote

~	out fried chicken, pig meat en uthuh good stuff ter ug darkjes~ Dey ‘greed ter pay me ~35.OO a yeah (en keep) en hit wuz gib me eve‘y Christmus mawning. Dey treated me good, gib me all de clothes en uthu.h things I needed ez ef‘n I wuz one ob de family.“

“Every two weeks de Marster would sen‘ fer Jordan McGowan

. who wuz de leade~r ob a strir~g nusic baril . Dey would git dere Friday nite early en de slaves would dance in de grape house

dat nite en aU day Saturday up ter midnite. You don‘t hab now as good dance mus~ enas.much fun a~ de ole time days had0

: We allug had a big barbecue er watermelon feast é~ve‘y time we