Ex—slave Stories	P~€ ~
(Texas)





Iffsn w• got iook sick, we ~ad doctor treatment, too. Iffen a hand

took ~ic~c in t1~e field with a isisery, they was carried to their q~erters and. Massa or Miss Mary would give thśi a dose of ~p.cac and make them vomit and would sen‘ for the doctor,, They w~uldn‘ fool nons iffen one of us took sick, but would clean us out and take care of~stillwswasv~sl1,

	“There was mighty little whippin‘ goin‘ on at our place, ‘cause Massa Lewis ~nd Miss Mary treated u.s good. They wasn‘t no overseer gem‘ to whip, ‘cause Massa wouIdn‘ ‘low him to. Le‘s •ee, I don rsc‘lec‘ sore t~ian two wnippin‘ s I see anyone gtt from Massa, and that has been so long ego I don‘ rsctlec‘ what they was for.

	“Then the ~~ar done coins ~ long it sho ‚ chang3d things ‚ and we heerd. this and that, but we d.Idn‘ know imic~i what it was abcRLt. Then one clay Uassa Lewis had all the wagons loaded with food. and cnairs ~nd beds and. other t~tngs from the house and ~ir qu~rtsr., aM I hee~“d bi~ say we wa ~ovin‘ to Polk County, way over in Tsxas • I know lt took 1h a long time to git tulers, and when we did. I never see so ~ueb woods.

It sho‘ was tUft‘ rent from the plantati on.

	“I had to work in the fields, saas as tAris rss‘, and we stayed ther. three years and made three crops of cotton, buis not s O euch as on our old. place, ‘cause there wasn‘t so mich clearing. Thin one day Massa LSWIB t»l~ us we was free, jas‘ as free as he was ~ jus‘ like you take the bridle offen a hose and turn him loose. Je jue‘ looked