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	n! used to hat, to ptt~ cotton aM s~time X pick 300 piand and tote it a ails to de cott~ house. Soue pick ~O to 800 powid cotton and havi to tot. de bag di whole titi to da gin. Iff•n day di&t do dey work dey git whip till dey haie bltst,r on ~ iffen day didn‘ t do t t ‚ di man on a hose goes down di røws and whip with a paddle sake with holes in it and bue ‚ de . I never git whip, ‘cau~• I ellue git ~y 300 pound. Us haTs to go early to do dat, when de horn goes early, befo‘ daylight. tie have to t&~s de victuals in de b~.k.t to da field.

	“Massa have de log h~iss and us liv. in little h~issa,

•trowe4i in long rows, Din wasn‘t no Mesttn1s ‘lowed in de quarters anti iffert day have prayer aestin‘ cia boss man whip d~i. Soaetiti• ua 1‘~n off at night and go to ca~ a••ttn‘. I takes de white chilien to church eœ~eti~s, but dey co~d~‘t lam ae to sing no song. tcatiis I dida‘ have no spirit.

$*U. never got ‘ao~igh t~ eat, so ua ~seps stealing stuff.

	Us has to. Dl7 give u1s de pecic ot aeai to last i. week and two, thr. ‚ pound bac~ in chwik. Us never have flottr or sugar, jus e cornmeal end

dl meat and ‘tatars. I~ nigg•rs has de bi~ box under de fireplace, where

day kept eli do pig and chickens what day steals down in salt.

	1$! seed a aen run away and de white sen got di dogs and day kotch hia and~ put Ma in de front rooa end he jump throuih d.c big window‘ endbr~kdsglu.allup, Deysho‘whipehiMwhendq~otchssh&~.

	“D. way‘ day whip di uig~ers was to ettip ~as off ni~kett i~n& whip ‘es till day aaka bli.t,ri and bus‘ do blisters. J»n day taki di salt
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