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	t‘ Sornetimes &y take s a~\ tie a rope ‚ round you, and they start s ridi n‘ off but dey d~i~t go toc fac ‚ so you walks behind . Sometimes ‚ long comes another Yank on ~ horse en he arsk,‘Boy -ainyou tired~‘ ‘Yessir ~o~*I ‘*ell den you git iip here behind me and ride some • ~ Den he wrop de rope all ‚ round de saddle horn.~Çroi~s and~rops, but leaves some slack.Bu.t he keer~ ~rou tjed,so‘s you wont jump &o~n and. run away . An many ‚ s de t iiae a ~ negro got took off like dat ‚ axid. waflt never seen no more ~

~	t‘~ourse ef‘n you goes wid em,you ‚ member your trainin‘ e~nd ‘fore you

~	leaves de field, you stacks your hoe nice ‚ like you was ii‘ de days work. :• Dey learned t~ie little‘une to do da.t,soon‘s dez‘ ~iegins to work in de fields.

Dey had little hoes, handles ‘bout de size of ‘fly arm,for de little fellers. I‘ve walked ~ E~ ~itle, when I wa~ a little feller,up and down de rows, followin‘ • de grown folks, an chopping wid de hoe ‘round de cor~eis whar de earth was soft so de little ~mns coi~ld hoe easy. WhoQpeel Let dat dinner horn

-	blow, and ei,~r bo~.y staeks dey hoes, iii~ice,neat ~t.acks standin up, and starts to run. Some eats in dey owr~ Cabin&, but dem what eats at debi~ house, sets down at a lonß table, ~nd gets good grub too.‘ Evy night, our Marster give

; us evy one a glass o whiskey.Dat‘s to keep off decease. Mornins‘ we had to

~	all drLziktar water for de saine Duri~ose.Dat want so tasty.‘~

~i	“My Jlarster ‚ s name Wa s George Hopper .Dat maxi paid tazes On more‘ n

~•. : tWOthOtL~4Lfl~ acres of land in two counties. I lived in 4em two eouuties.Was .. born ~ ~‘i].~es and~ ra~E~ed in. Li~DQln C~~ounty.G~eorgia. We called it de middle-‘ .s s~ith, My Marsterhe never did marry,Lots of folks clicint, dey jes took u~p wid

I.	°~e anotb~er. ~rs.ter Ropperhad five children by.my grandmother.~he was his~.~

I.	ho~~w9~flau~ d4t~ I~tat he call ‘er. Au when he died he willed her an all dem

I.~ chi1lu~sa w~ise,Ls~.e I~ a$alittle m9n€y.~e‘d of left ein aheapmore~


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