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	W‘en I wuz sold termarster Slmpkins, rnah second mistress made me a house slave en I wuked only at de big house en mali wuk wus ter nuss en dress de chilluns en he~ ps mah missis in her dressin‘.

	De young slaves WUZ hired out ter nuss de white chilluns. I wuz hired as nuss girl at seven y‘ars oie en started cookiri‘ at ten. I nebber had a chance ter go ter schul.

	l‘in de mammy ob 14 chilluns, seven boys en seven gals. I wuz next ter de olest ob four chillun, Mah missis useter hire me out ter hotels en taverns.

	Sum marsters fed dore slaves meat en sum wouldint let dem hab a bite. One marster we useter ‘yer ‘bout would grease his slaves mouth on Sunday mawnirt‘ ‚ en tell dem ef any body axed ef dey had meat ter say “yes, lots ob hittt.

	Wten dey got ready ter whup dem deytd put dem down on a pit widout ~y clothes, stand back wid a büll wbikp~en cut deblood out. I member de riiggers would run tway en hide out.

	De only fun de young folks had wuz w‘en deole folks had a quiltin‘ . W! i].e de oie • folks wuz wukin‘ on de quilt de young ones ~(~d git in tnuther room, dance en hab a good time. Dey‘d hab a pot turned down at de dot er ter keep de white folks fum tyeariflt dem. De white folks didn‘t want us ter l‘arn nothin‘ en et a slave picked up a lettle piece ob papah, dey would yell “put dat down you - you wan‘t ter git in our business.“

	De white folks wouldin‘ let de slaves pray, of dey got ter pray hit wi‘s w‘ iles walkin‘ ‚ hind de plow. ~ Wii~be folks would whup de slaves et dey ‘yeard dem sing er pray.

	I wuz a big girl w‘en dey build de Capitol. I played on de hill t fore hit wuz built en I toted blocks fwti dere w‘ en hit wuz