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	“I have de good massa, bless he so~il, arid missy she plumb go:d. Itli never forait dem. M~ssa ‘low us have holiday Saturday night and

~ go to nigger dance i~ it on ‘nother pl~ntatiou. Boy, oh bo~r, de tin pan heatin‘ and. de banjo pickin‘ and de dance all nicht long.

~Wheii d.e war start, white missy die, and ma~a have de preacher.

~	She w~•.s white angel, Den m~.s~a mari~y Missy nice Long ~nd she ~e ‘bad woman with us nig~ers. She hard on us, not lIke old. missy.

	HI lamed lots o! remed~ee for sickpeople. Charcoal axid onions and honey for de Ii~1 ‘~i~h~ a~i good, and car~hor for de chills and fever and teeth cuttin‘. l‘s bol]. red o&c ‘bark ~nd mo~e tea for fever and make cactus weed root tea for fever and chills and. colic, De ‘best reme&y fOE‘ chills and. fever am to git rabbit foot tieon strIng ‘round de neck.

	“Massa, he carry iiie to war with him, ‘cause l‘s de good cook. In dat New Orleans batt le he wounded and guns roarin ‚ everywhere. ~ Dey ~rang

massa in and I ~ s ~ as white as he am den. ~m Yar~kees done shoot de roof off de house, I fluss de s ick and wounded clean through de woe aJad seed dem .dfln‘ on every side of me.

~	~ “Its most scared to death when de war end. Us still in 1~ew Orleans and all de shoutint dat took place tcau.se us free! Dey crowds on de streets

~	was in a $tir jus‘ as thick as flies on de dog. Massa say I~s free as U~n, but iffen I wants to cook for him and missy I gite $2. 50 de month, so

I cooks for him t ~l I I marries ~rmst ead. Barre t t, and t hen u~ farm for de ii?in‘ • Us have big church wedd.in‘ and. I haa white loyal dress and. black

~i~oga~ shoes. 11$ been married 51 years noW0
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