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	I member wIen sum ob de slaves run tway dunn‘ slavery.

	I d~nno an~ tales; mah mammywasn‘t a ‘oman ter talk much. Maybe ef she had bin I Would hab had an easier time. As far. a~ I know de ex-slaves hab had diff‘ ent kinds ob wujc since dere freeduin. No, I amt nebber se‘d any ghost. jI~ bin in de woods en dark places, but did~~t see nothin‘ ‚ en I‘se not goin‘ ter say I did kaze I might git par‘ lized.

	I went t~e~ schul one ylar at Fisk in de ylar 1869.

	De last ~&fl I w~k‘d fer wuz at de.Link 1~otel. Den I started keepin‘ boarders. Hab fed all deze Naàhville police. De police ez de ones dat hepted git deze relief orders fer me. I hab lived on dis street ~fer 60 years. I lived 22 y‘ars whar de Hermitage Laundry ez. flat ez whar I got de name ‘Mammie.“ W‘iles livin‘ dere I‘ raised eighteen chilluns white en black,
	. . * en sumob dem Iz good ter me now.. ~	.. .	- . .

.	I had sum papah‘ s ~b out mah agé en diff‘ ent ~thing~ but
- .	w‘én de back waters got up, dey~got lost. I d1d~ntt hab ter
.	~ movebut I kep pray~n‘ en talkln‘ ter de Lawd en I b‘leeve


‚ he Iyeard me fer de water djd~‘t git in mah house.

	I member w‘en de yellow fever en de choiera wuz ‘yer, in 1870 en 3.873. Dey didntt hab coffins nu~f~‘ ter put dem in, so dey used boxes en piled de boxes in waggins lak hauling wood.

	I, se amt worth a dime now wt en bit kUtns ter wukjr~ fer I‘se amt able ter do nuthin, thoo I can‘t complain ob mah

~: ~ livint since de relief has bin takin‘ keer ob me. ~‘ Dis ~young peoples, “Oh mali LaWd!.“ Dey aj~‘ worth‘talkin‘

~	‘bout. I tries ter shame deze ‘omen, dey drink (I call hit oie

~	. - - ‚ ~ ~ r), en d~ s~3c~I:i mean things. I‘se disgusted at f ter know ter much; en ~ mtithin‘ ‚ en