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HABRI$~T BABB~TT ‚ 86 ‚ was horn in
~	r“\	Walker O~. Texas, in 1851, a slave
	1‘~ 	of • Steve Glass . She now lives in
	‘~)	Palestine, Texas.





“Massa Steve G1r~ss, be own my~appy e~nd mammy and rue, until the
~		war freed us. Pappy‘ s borned. in Africy and. mammy in Vir~iny, ~r~ã brung
~		to Texas t fore de war, end I ‚ s borned. in Texas in 1851. I ~S heere~ my
~		grandpa wa~ wild and dey dn‘ t know ~ bout xnayi‘ in Africy. M~r
~		brother name Steve Glass and I dunno iffen I had sisters or note
		~ “Dey put me to cookin‘ when Vs a Ii‘]. kid .~nd people says now d~i.t
	 ~	1Lunt Harriet aiu de bes‘ cook in Madisonville. ?~assa have great big gardai
~	~	and plenty to eat. I~ cook big skillet plumb ±\iII corn at de time and us
	~	all bave plenty meat. Massa, he etej out end. kill big deer and. put In de
		great big pot and cook it. Then us have cornbread ~rnd syrup.

	.	t‘Us have log quarters with stick posts for bed and deerskin stretch ~ ~ ~ over it. Den us gull moss and throw aver dat. I have de good massa, bless ~ ~ ~ he soul. M1~ey, she plumb good. She sick all de time and dey never have ~: ~ ~ white chilien. Dey live in big, log house, four rooms in it and de great

~ ~: •~ ~ •~• hail both way s through it .	. S .





~ :~ ~ :	“Massa, he have big bunch slaves and work dem long as dey could see

•~•:~ . ~	and den I ock ‚ em up in &e q~art ers at night t o koep ‚ em from runn 1‘ off. De patterrollers come ~~id go through de quarters to see if all de niggers d~ete, Dey ~walk right over us when us sleeps.

KZome slave run off, gwine to de north, and. massa he cotch him and. give

~	thiX‘ty-~nine ltdke with rewhtde aX4~I lock d~n up at night, too, and. keep L OU hi.m ir~ d~t tute.
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