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sing a lot b~t I ~ name$ ob dem now. I dux~no w‘at ez gwlne ter ‘ku~n ob djs young orowd. I sl:io do~‘t think diff‘ent culer8

c~ugtiter ma‘rje. De Lawd didn‘t mean fer hit ter be ~ Yki~~o ~ ob any slave t risin‘ s in Virginia er any uther place • Dont t

member r~oW de tales en sayi~t ob de oie times.“

	“Member well W‘er~ de war broke out en how dey had big dinners en marched tround ovuh de fiel‘s, gittint ready fer de war. I had. a br‘er kilt in de war en mah mammy got a

lettle irioney fum titra. Also member dat wienmah mammy got d~ money she bought me a hat.“

	“I d~~‘t git nu~thin at freeduxn en I dunno ob any slaves

gittin‘ ~ land er mo~2ey. I know dat w‘en we wuz fréed Marster Albert called us slaves in en said, “You, ail ez a~ free a~ I ez,

but ~ďou can stay ‘yeren wuk ferme ef‘n ~ou want ter.~t I at~ wid ‘im a good w‘ile atter~ freedum.“ ~ -

	“Since freédu~rn I hab plowed, hoed, cut wood, en wuk‘d in. quarries pecking rock. Hab nebber wuk‘d in town fer I dunno
		de thingalbout town. I hab voted a]most eve‘y election since
	.. .	freedum ‘tu dese last fewyears. I.~ab had two~frens in office

. -	butboth ez de‘d now. I ster think ‘omen shou]dn‘t vote, but I guess hit ez airjtte. .












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