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msa~ as siX k~‘tt1. on de Au‘naci at ś~e tims, Dey raise dey tobacco, too.

Ils sick and a old man he sa~ he make mi tobacco medicine and day dry da

Isafi and make d~ sweet like sugar and feed me like oandy‘~

“I •~~ber old ar.tr sq war broke out and Capt. Collier‘s mn

was a.‘drillW right dsr• south of Joodvtlls. All de wives and ~Chillsn watch dem drill. Dey was lots of d~, 1*t I couldn‘t count. D. whols shebang frcs de town go watch dem.

	“7o~tr of de Gooisby bo~ goes to dat war ei~d dey eau John aM Ziby and Za~td and ~dison, Zabud, he git woti~udsd9 no h. git kilt, aM Add.iso~ he git woended. I worry den, ‘c~aes Z ain‘t ses no rea~Ofl foe‘ dem to have to dis.

	~ftsr tLS free dey turn ua boss in de woods and. dat de bad time, ‚ C~1B. most u~ Iidn ‚ t know wbsre to turn. I wain ~t raise to do ~othim‘

and X didn‘t know how. D.y didn‘t even givs ue a hoecake or a suc; of bacoz.

‘tIts a Ju1n• brid.s 59 rear ago when I git married. De old. white

3~tict preachsr name Blackihear ~*tt as a~d dat nigger over dare, Zd&Br Bend;, tog•d4sr end us bein togsddsr ever sine.. tie never have Chick or chile. I‘. such s good mues I guess ‚~e Lawd. dld&t want as to have non, of ~ owit, so‘s I could nues all de others and I ‘spect I‘s nusssd most de white chtllsn and cullud, too, hers in Woodville.