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EX-.SLAVE STORIES

(Texas)


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~ EX~ SLAVE AUTOBI OGRAPHY

MRS. JOHN BÀIWLÀY (nee Sarah Sanders)
BrOWflWoQd, Texaswas born in Komo, Missi~ipI~i3 September 1., 1853, ~he wa$ born a slave at the lçorth S1~&des‘ plaoe. Mr. ~uid ~trs. Uorth Slade were the only owners she ever had, ~he served as x~irse«~taid 1‘~or her r&~rster‘s children and did gexieral hoasework. ~ 3he~ with her mother axid ~ther and ~imiu~ ly stayed with the ~1ades u~nti1 the end 0±‘ the year a±~ter the Civil vm~r. They then rxioved to theinse1ves~ hiring ouSt to “White Folks.“

	~My inaratex‘ and mistress w~s &OOd to all de s1~tves dat worked for dem.. ]3u~t ou~r over~eer, Jimmy ~he~rex~, was ~ho‘ ine~n, one d~y he doxae git triad at me for some litt,le ~ome~

thin‘ an~ w~ien I take de ashee. to de gardexi he catches me &~id ch~1rAa ute u~p ~ad down on de groU~.t1T. One day he ~~ot mad