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	]~X~.SLAVE STORIES	Page One
(Texas)


AP~MST:EAD BARRETT, born in 1847, was a slave of Stafford Barrett, who lived

in Hu.ntsville, Texas, He is the husband
0±~ Harriett Barrett. Ax‘inztead has a

very poor memory ~nd r~an tell little
about early days. He and. Harriet re~

cei~re old Pf~e pensions.





	111 8 really owned by ~r~ssa Stafford Barrett ‚ but m~r rn~~r t lon~d to ~L~ss~a Ben ~alker and was ‘lowed. to keep me with her. So after we‘uns sot free, I lives with xay dad..d~r ~d ma~y and goes by da name of Barrett. Daddy‘s name waS Henry Barrett and he‘s brun~ toTexas fro~nRicbmon~., in Virgir~ny,and mammy corne from KentucI~r. Us all lived in Hantsville. I waited on Miss Ann~and mamiriy was cook.

	‚ “Old massa have*doctor for us when us sick. We‘s too val‘ble, Jus‘• like to de Tht beef, massa am good to u. Massa g&to other states arid g±t men and women and chile slaves and bring de~ ht~ck to sell, ‘cause he spec‘lator. He ni~ke dem wash up good and den sell dem.

“Mos‘ time we~un~ went nalced, Jus‘ have on one shirt or no shirt
	a-‘tall.	... ~

~	“I know when peace ‚ dared dey all s}icutin‘ . • One woin~ui hollerin‘ z~d ~ S a white man with de high-‘.steppin‘ hoss ride obst to her and I see hùn gît ~ . Œ~it snd O~éfl he knife and. cut he r wide ~ cross de st omech. Den he put he hat ~ ‚ ~n5ide he shirt and rid off like liglitnin‘. De wox~ian put in wagon and I never ~ :~. heered. no more ‘bcr~it her. ~ •

	NI didn‘t ~it nothin‘ when us freed. Only some caet.off clothes. Zong ti~ie aft er I rent s de place on halves and f~rrns most ~y 1 ife Now s too old to work and gîte a pension to lii~eon.


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