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	£L~SLA~E 8TOR1~S	Page One

(Texas)
z~cau BENDT, 90 odd y.az‘s, was the slave of Henry Bendy, of Woodville, Texas, has to oak. en effort to rezesiber and ta forced. to seek aid frc~ his wife, MineTva, at certain points in hie at ory. Edgar has lived in Woodville ail his life.





	“l‘s a good size‘ boy ehen de war gwlne on aiid I seed. de aoldi.rs cone right hers in Woodville. A big bi~nch of dem cai• through ~nd de7 have cannons with des. My ~arster he dtdn. ‚ t go to ware C8~1~ h too old, I guass.

	‚t I ‚ s born ~ right )~rs and done I ive ~ hereabauts every a inc. ~

*sn 151117 3.nd.y, h. ay zarat er and he mn de at ore hers in Woodvil 1. aM have de fais, too. I didn‘t do nothin‘ espt muss babies, I jes‘ juap d~ up and down and de old ~areter hire ~e o~it to nuss other ehtte folks chilien, bi~an& little.

	~My daddy nase‘ Jack Crews and M7 W~fl7 WaS Winnie. Both of dsa~ woxted on 4e fare and I noter seed deii auch. I didn ‚ t have no house of ~y own, ‘c&u.e de marater, hø give as de room in he hous•. T~s Iota of slaves and ‘bout 100 acres in c~xlt‘vation. He gaYs d~ plenty to eat and good h~espin clothes to wear. He wa~ eighty good.

	5Marst•r have d~ plank hOuse and all cis thtnijs in it was ho~e~ ~ke. D• cook was a old cullud woman and I eat at de kitchen t&ble and have de ease what de shits folks eats. Us has lots of seat, deer aeat and poem~a and coon and sich, and us sets tr~,s for birds.