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feed. One ob de dogs licked out ob de~pan en we got a bunch ob switches en started wearin‘ de dogs out. We thought de marster wuz miles ‘way w‘en he walked up on us. He finished wearin‘ de bunch ob swltbhes out on us. Dat wuz a whuppin‘ I‘ll nebber f ergit.

	W‘en I wuz heii‘edter Missis Synthis, I wi.iked in de fiel‘s ‘tii,2~Ç she started ter raise chiliens en den I wuz kep In de house ter see atter dem, Missis had a lot ob cradles en dey kep two ‘omen in dat rooxntakin‘ keer ob de babies en lettle chiliens ‘longin‘ ter dere slaves. Soon as dechiliens, wuz seven y‘ars oie. dey started dem ter ‘nittin‘. ~

	Marster Sam Pointer, husband of Missis Synthis, wus a good man en he wuz good ter us en he fed en clothed us good. We woreyarn hoods, sha‘ls, en pantletts which wuz ‘nit things dat kwn fum yo shoe tops ter ‘bove yo knees.

	De marster wuz also a ‘ligious man en he let us go ter~.chuch. He willed land fer a culled chuch at Thompson Station. I ‘longs ter de foot washin‘ Baptist, called de Free Will Baptist. De marster bought mah husband William Gray en I ma‘ied ‘inidere.

W‘en de Civil wah wuz sta1~tin‘ dere wuz soldiers en tents eve‘-

~	yWhS2‘. I had ter ‘nit socks en he‘ps mok soldiers coats en dunn‘ de

~	wab,de marster sent 100 ob us down inGeorgia ter keep de Yankees

~	turn gittin‘ us en we camped out dunn‘ de whle three y~ars.

I member de Klu Klux. One nite a bunch ob us went out, dey got

~	atterus. We waded a big crik en hid in de. bushes ter keep dem fum~

~ ~ us.	. ~



~	Habgon‘ ter lots ob camp-meetin‘s. Dey‘d hab lots ob good thinC~3 ~eat en fed eberbody. Dey‘d hab big baptizin‘s down at de Cumber~
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