~x.elave Stori.s	p~ ~
~	(esias)




	“Ds livia‘ for de oullud folks good.. De quartars em built frou loge like dßT‘. all in dem days. D. floor ds dirt but we has de b~h.s and what is matte on de place. And is bas de big firsplac~ for to cook and ~s tias plenty to cook in dat fireplace, ‘cause maBsa allue ‘lows plenty good rations, but he watch elose for de wastia‘ of d• food.

	“De wait breaks and dat make de big change on â.. massa‘s place. He jines de er~ and hire. a men cell‘ Delbri~ge for overseer. After dat, de bell start to pop, ‘cause da first thing ]~l~ridge do is cut di rations. He weighs out de asat • three pm.nd for de week, and hi asasurs a peck of meal. And ‘twarn‘t enough. He half starv. us nigger. end be want me‘ wo* end he start de whippin‘s. I guesses he starts to edaaacate ‘ea. I guess dat Deibridge go to heil when he diM, but I don‘t ~.e how de debbil could stand him,

	51ô‘u.ns em not uss‘ to sich and s~e rune off. ihm dey ~ cotched then ~ a whippin‘ at de staks. •~iut dat Dlbridge, he sold me to Massa Bous., in 3lanco Count3r. X‘s •)~‘ glad when X‘s sold, but it short glad.. flees, ‘c~s• hers ~ another man what hell z too good for. He giv.s a. de whippin‘ arid de scars es still on a~ arms and ay~ back, too. I‘ll. cari~

~	dem to my grav. He send* *e for firewood and when I gits it loadd, ŕ, iiheel ~ hit. a stu~ and de te~i j.rks and dat breaks de ńippletres. So he tie. me

to de stake Md every half hour for four hours, de7 la~s ta lasheS on my back.

	Por de first couple heurs de pain awful. l‘s never forgot it. Dsn 1‘. ~ itood so ach p4* X not feel so *ueh end wh.u de~ takes as loose, I‘. Jus‘ ‘bout half dad. I la~s in de bumk two dais, gittiii‘ over dat whippin‘, gittin‘

~ ~ 0,11‘ it in dl body bmt not Le heart. Io~ eUh, I has dat in de b.ez‘t till die


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