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		JOEN BAREEa, age 84, was born near
		Cjncinnati, Ohio, the property of
		the Barker family, who moved to
		Misso~tri and. later to Texaa. He
	‚~	ant his wife live in a neat eotta~e
		in Houston, Texas.




t‘ I was bo,m a ~ slave . I ~ in a Malaas ser(Madaas car) nigger.

I ‘member all ‘boat dem times, even up in Ohio, thott~h dQBarkers

..	brought me to Texas later on. My mother and father was call Goodman, b~tt dey diet when I was little and. Missy Barker raised me

.	on de plantation do~ near Ho~iston. Dey was plenty of work ant plenty of room.

HI ‘member my ~rantma ant grandpa. In dem days d.c hornet toads runs over de world. and my ~rwidpa would gather tem ant lay

tem in de fireplace till dey driet and roll ‘em with bottles till dey like ashes and. den rub it on de shoe bottoms. You see, when dey

. want s t o ran aw&y, tat stu~ff t‘ t s tick all on de shoes ‚ it et lok t O de track. Den dey carries some of tat powder ant throws it as far as dey cou]Ä juap ant ten jump ever it, ant to dat again till dey use all

t, powder. Dat throwed. de common hou.nds off de trail altogether. But dey have de bloodhounds, hell h~tnts, we calls ‘em, and dey could pick up tat trail. Dey rtin my ~ran&pa over 100 mile ~nd three or fou~r days

ant nichts and found him under a bridget, What dey put on him was . ~. enoug;hl I seen ~ em whip r~nawiay niggers t ill de blood ran down tere :i~. .: ~ ~ ba&s ant den put salt in de places.

‚~i~ .	.t‘I ‘epect dore was ‘boat 40 or 50 acres in de plantation. Dey

worket ant worked and. titn‘t have no dances er church. Dances nothin!