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	lamps. A thing iak a goose neck wid platted rag wick inhit. Would put grease In hit.

~	Dunn‘ slavery ~f one marster had a big boy en ‘nuther had a big gal de rnarsters made dem ‘ithe tergedder. Ef‘ n de ‚ oman dldn‘ t hab any chilluns ‚ she wuz put on de block en sold en t nuther ‚ oman bought ‚ You see dey raised de chilluns ter mek money ohnj~es lak we raise pigs ter sell.

	Mah mammy tole me ‘bout de sta‘rs fallin‘ en den I se‘ed de second fallin‘ ob sta‘rs.‘ Dey didn‘t hit de gratin‘ lak de fust did. I member de comet hit had a long tall. I lef‘ mah daddy en kurn ter Nashville wid mlssls Nellie Rankin, (daddy‘s young mlssus( In 1882; hab bin ‘yer eber since. I‘se dun house wuk fer a lot ob peoples. Kep house fer a ‘oman In Belle Meade fer 14 ye‘rs. Now I‘se amt able ter do r~otb1n. I‘se bin ma.‘rled twice, Ma‘rled Jirnrn Ferguson, libedwld ‘lin 20 ye‘ars

:~ he d‘ed. Two ye‘ars 1a~er I mar‘ed George Watkins, lived wid him 8 ~i ye‘. ars ; two ye‘ ars ago he e‘ se rieber had any chilluns • I kep

~i wan‘ln ter ‘dopt a 1ett1e~ga1,de~istbusban‘ wouldn‘t do hit. ‘Bout ;i 5~‘ yetars ago de second husban‘ george kuin In wid a tiny baby, sezs .~~.‘yer ez a boy baby I ‘dopted.. I seza dat ez youvown baby cose hits •

~ like yer~ H&denled hit, but ebennow de boy ez e‘zackly lak George. ~He‘s six ye‘rs oie en gw1r~e ter school. I‘se got mab hands full trylrit ter raise ‘1m ‘lone. W‘eri Georgedled he had a small 1nshoranc~ p~bi1cy. paid xnah taxes, I owns dis home, en bought xnahself three hogs. I two en kilt one, Den I ~ot three mor‘ jes‘ a short time ago. kind ob zeeze got among dem en dey all d‘ed.

	Y88 I‘se voted four er f1vet1~nes, but neber hadany frens In T~ce. I don‘ • think dis wh1te~b1ack mar‘ ia~g& should be ~ lawed. Dey Lid be whupped ~ *Id a bull whup. .

H,‘ ~ f8~ as Iknow de ex-a1av~g 4hab wuked at dlft‘ent kinsob jobs know ez 1~ de po-.house, sum git‘ In te1ie~ order en urthers
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