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~	WILL ADAMS waB borr~ in 1857, a slave o±~ Dave Cavin, in Harrison Co., Texas. He re-P malnecl with the Cavins until
~ .	1885, then farmed for himself. will lives alone in Marshall, Texas, supported by a $13a00 m~ntbly pension.





	“My folks allus belongs to the Cavins and wore their name till after ~rn3ncipat~on, Pa and ma was named Freeman and~ Amelia Cavin and. Massa Dave fotches them to Texas from A1ab~ma, along with ma‘s mother, what we called Maria.

	“The Cavins allus thunk lots of their niggere and Grandma Maria say, ‘Why shouldn‘t they ~- it was their money~.1 She say there was plenty Indiens here when they settled this cotnitry and they bought ana traded with them without kuhn‘ tb~n~ if they could, The Indians was poor folks, jus ~ p ufer and loaf ‚ r ound all the t ime. The n iggers was a heap s ight

.	better off than they was, ‘cease we had plenty to eat and a place to stay.

	“!otLng Massa Torn was my special massa and he still lives here. Old Man Dave seemed. to think more of his niggers than anybod~y and we tthmk lots of ~r white folks, My pa was leader on the farm, and. there wae~‘t no over~ seer or driver. When pa whip a nigger he needn‘t go to Massa Dave, but pa say, ‘Goďou way. you nigger. Freem~ui didn‘t whip you for nothin‘. ‚ Massa D~3:~~e ~11ue believe pa1 ‘cause he tells the tr~ith.

.	: . ~ ~ ~ UQne time a peddler come to our.house and after supper he goes to

~	see ‘bout hi~ pony. . Pa d.o~e feed that pony fifteen ears of corn. The peddler tell massa bis pony ain‘t been fed nothiu‘ • and. masse git m~4

	~nd ~ ‚ Be on you w~ iffen you gwin. ‚ cuae my niggers of lyin ~ •‚ ~‚
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