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WILLIAM M. ADAMS, ipirit~~list
preaeher and healer, who Lives at 1404 Illinois Ave., Pt. Worth, Texu, was born a slave en the J_e. Davis plantation, in San Jacinto Co. ‚ Texas. After the
wer he works& in a groe•rp,
punched cattle ‚ fsrasd ast preach-
et. Re movrnt to Pt. WorI~h in 1902.



WI was bo‘n 93 ysars ago, dat :is whut ~ at:~ther sq..

W.	didn‘ keep no record lika folks &orI tOda7. All I knOW is I been 7ers a long time. M~r sother, i~e was Juli. A&~s and m7 father be was James Adas.. She‘s bo‘n in Ko11~cs Springs, Mississippi aM ~ father, now .d..n, ht~ was bo‘r ix~ florida.

le was a ~~ack~ Orsek Intlan. Dez‘s was 12 of u. chilien. When I was Sbout seven d.. aiaas, a~e acme and gits s. for her srva.nt. I lived in de bi~ hc*iso till she di.. Ear t~M Marster Davis was poisrful good to a..

	“Marster Davis he was s big 1~iy.r and de o~er of a plantation. Tha~t all I do was wait on‘ oie nissu.. I‘d light her pipe for her and I helped her wit her knittin‘ • She give as aone~ all de tiae. She had a little trunk ~he keep.d w~oney‘ in and lots of t1~s I‘d have to pack it down Wit ay~ feet..

‘$1 dis~a.~b.r J~u‘ how aai~ ilaves der. was, but dors was

aors~nl00. 1sawutchssl00.4tatat~as~ Whinde7tuka

bunch of slaves to trade, dey put ohgiLns ca sa.

“D. other slaves livsd in log cabins back of de big house.

~ .	Ds~ had dirt floors and bids dat was i~s litt of‘ a‘ n shucks or straw. At nit. de~ burn.d de lps ~or ‘bout as. hour, darn d over—
•id.