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	“We had good quarters and. plenty to eat. I ‘members when I‘s just walki.nt rc~nd good. pa come in from the field at night and. taken me otit of bed. and dress me and feed me and then p1a~r with me for hours. Him bein.‘ leader, he‘s gone from kfore day till after night. The old heads got out early but us young.~crap~ slep‘ till eight or nine otclock, ~x~d don‘t you think Massa Dave ain‘t comm1 r~md to see we is fed. I~‘members him like it was yeet‘dazy, comin‘ to the quarters with his stick and askiîi‘ us, ‘Had your breakfas‘?‘ ~ say, ‘Yes, suh.‘ Then ~ ask if we had ‘nough or wanted an~ more, It look like he taken a pleastire in seem‘ us eat, 4~t dinner, when the field hands corne in, it am the same way. He was sho‘ that potlicker was fill as long as the niggers want t o eat.

NThe hands worked from sun to sun. Massa give them 11,1 crops and.

let them work them on Saturday. Then‘ he bought the stuff and the nig~ers go to Jefferson and buy clothes and sech like. Lots saved money and bought freedom ~ fore the war was over.

~	“We went to churc)z and first the white preacher pre~ched and then he lama our cullud preachers . I seed him ordain a cullud preacher and he told him to allus be honest. When the white preacher laid his hand on him, all the niggers git to hollerin‘ and shoutin‘ and pr~v~in‘ and that nigger git scart mos‘ to death. .

	t, On ‚. Chri stmás we had all we could ea.t and. drink and aft er that a big ~ ~ ~ party, and. you ought to see them gals swingin‘ they partners round. T:hen

	massa have two niggers wrestle, and. our sports and dances was big ~iport f o.~ S ••~ White folka~ They‘dsit onthe ge1ler~ and watch the niggers put it On

	~brown.


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