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	“Mazuma say dhe WaB in one bunch and me in ‘r~other, Mamma had 1~en put ‘fore this with ~iy papa, Sa~ Ad~s, but tht~t mckee no diff‘renc• to Old. Cleveland. He‘s ~o mean he never wov~d sell the man and w~an and chilien to the semt~ one. He‘d sell the man he‘e and. the woman there and if they‘s chilien, he‘d. seil them iome place else. 0h, old Satan in torment could&t be no mean.er th9n what he and Old Polly was to they slaves. He‘d chaii~ a nigger up to whip tœ and rub salt and pepper on him, like he said, ‘to season him up.‘ And when he‘d. Beil a slave, he‘d. grease their mouth aU up to make it look like.they‘d been fed. good and was itrong and healthy.

	“Wefl, mamma say they hadn~ t no more‘n got to shreveport ‚ fore iome l~.w man ~~otch old. Cleveland and takes ‘~n all back to St. Louie. Then ray little sister‘s born, the one old P~ily devil kilt, and 11 ‘bout four year old then.

	AMiss Olivia takes a i‘ to me and, though her papa and mama 80 IS&fl, ehe ‚ a kind to e~ex‘yone ~ and. they j es ‚ love her. She marriee to Mr. !iil Adame what was a fine mari, and. has ‘bout five farms and 500 slaves, and. he buys m~ for her from old Cleveland and pey~hiii $2~5oo.OO, and givse him George lienry, a nigger, to boot. Law~y; I‘s shoe ~ to be with Mies Olivia and.

away from old. Cleveland and Old Polly, ‘cause they kilt my little •ister~

	0W, lives in St. Louis, on Chinquapin Bill, amt X‘s houeeg±rl ‚ and when the babies starte to come I nueees ‘em and spins thread for clothe. on the lo~~ :i $piflB Iii cute of thread a week, but I has plenty of time for ~.self and that‘s where I larni to dance eo good. Law, I sho‘ jie‘ crazy bœt d.ancin‘. If I‘s setting satin‘ ~y victu.al~ and hear. a fiddle play, I gStI up
	and dances.	~