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	“After dat whippin‘ I doesn‘t have de heart to work for de ~asea. If I seed. &. cattle In de eornfie1d~ I turns de back, ‘etead of chasmS

‘em out. I guess dat de reason de ~aesa sold me to his brother, Kasea John. And he ~ good. like my first i~assa, he never whipped me.

	!~ j~ surrender ~m ‚ n~nced and massa t ella us we‘ s free. When dat

takes place, lt am about one hour by sun. I says to myself,. ‚ I won‘t be here 1on~~~ But I‘s not re~1tze what I‘. in for till after I‘s started, but I couldn‘ t turn back. For dat means de whippin‘ or daflger from de

patter rollers. Dere I was and I kep‘ on gwine. No nigger am spoBed to ‘be off de massa‘ s place withimt de pass, 80 I traYele at night and hides dunn‘ de ~1i~t. I stays in de bresh and. gits water from de creeks, but not much to eat . Twice s sho ‚ dem pat ter rollers am pass in‘ while I‘s hidin‘.

	“I‘S 21 year old. den, but it ~ de fi~‘.t time I‘: gone any place, ‘cept to de ne1ghb~rs,so I‘, worried ‘bout de right way to Massa Haley‘s place. BUbt de mm‘ of dc third dey I comes to he place and I ‚ s so hofl€17 and tired end ecairt for fear Massa H,ley not h~e from de ar~ ylt. So I finde my p~py and he hides me in he cebin t ill a week and dsn l~ick c~es to me when Massa ~Ialey c0e home • He come at night and de next worum ‚ dat D~lbridge ~ shunt off da place ‚ ‚ ci‘ia. Massa Haley seed h, nig~ers was all gaunt and lots ~ run off and de field. m not plowed right, and only half de sheep end everything left. So massa say to dat Dslbridge, ‘Den am no words can s ‘plain wbat y~s done ~ Git off ~y place ‚ fore I smashes y‘

	“D•n I kin c~e out from my peppy‘s cabin and de old. massa was glatt to ass as, and he let me stay till freedom am ordered. Dat‘s dc h~pie.‘ time in my life, when ~t gits back to Massa Haley.
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