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(Texas)




and rd pepper aM put in de wœmds. After d~ wash .M greame d~ .ntt put s~ethi~‘ on dem, to kesp d~ froa blee& to daath.

	~Whei d• boss man to1d~ ue freedom was e~e he didn‘t ltk it, but

he givS all u~ 1 ba].e of cotton aM so~ne corn, He aa~c us to stey eM he‘p with de crop butwe‘~ne so gla& to git ~way dat nobody ~teys. ~ I got ~b~mt fifty &ollars for di cotton &M den I linde it to a nigger what never pqs I. back yit. D.n I got no plac to go, so I cooks for a whit. aa~. name‘ Dick C~j‘. K. spesen give me $5.00 de month but h. never paid me no money. fle,& givi me eats and. clothes, ‘cans. h. ha. di little itore.

	Niow, X•e all alone and thinks of dem old times what was so bad, and l‘s rea~1y for d.s Lard to cell mes“