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broke en hit fell on de table, One man jumped up grabbed a cheer sayint aht U knock you. down wid dis cheer.“

	“De slave t pected ter git 40 akers ob land en a mule but nobody eber got hit a~ fur ag I know. We didntt git nuthin. Our white peepie wuzzent able ter gib us anyting. Eve‘ythint dey had wuz tuk dunn‘ de wah. Dei wuz good ter t~s en stuck wid us en mah peeple stayed wid mali Mistre ss .~

	“Dis yoùx~g gineratshun ob niggers, I ‘c].are dey ez jes !botzt gon‘ . I~ey wontt wuk, alit ~ steaiint eR mabe wt~k long ‘nuff ‘ter g~ta fewciotb.es ter strut ‘rou~ in. I ~ay be wr ong but dat e Z ~nah hone t pi ni on ‚ ‚~

‚- “De	songs I member ez:. DeOlesbipobZion.
.~ Do You ThinkYou‘ii be Able ter tek me Home.~‘	-

	‘II has bin ‘yer fifteen ytars en hab waked onder two Priests en flow wukin under de thixd. De~y hab all bin nice ter me. Hab

	-	neber had any trubble wid.wblte peeple en you‘d be spriz~ how good~déy eZ ter rue. . De7 do~‘t treat me laka nigger.~ ~ ~

-	~1~rsince I got mah freedurn en ‘fore I got disch~ch job~ I aun all k1i~s ob odd jobs, waited on tables, pressin‘ clothes e)~ ~flytib~ else dat kurn t long, but sum jobs wuz small pay but hit ke:P me t live ~
	~	a~y slave upriaints. Ourpeeple wuz good ter us~tt ~ : f ~