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scriptin‘ de men for de war what was agoin‘ to set de slaves free. Je didu‘ know hardly what d.y was a talkin‘ ‘bout ‘cause w. knowed dat would be too good. to be trus. I jes‘ keeps ou workin‘ wid my hoeses and my cattle (dare wasn‘t no sheep den) Joe‘ like dare wasn‘t no war, ‘cause dat was all I ever knows(~ how to do. .
	*Our oie niarster, he wasn‘t 8:0 very mean to us, course

he ~whips us once and awhile but dat wasn‘t like de slave holders what had dem colored drivers. Dey abo‘ was rough on de slaves. X‘s besn told lots ‘bout de chains and de ditfe‘nt punis~bments but our treatment wasn‘t so bad. Our beds was pretty good when we uses dem. Lots of di time we jes‘ slespa

on de groun ‚ ‚ ‚ spec lally in summer.
	*Our log huts iaa comfortable and we had come kind of

tloot‘e in all of dein. Some was plank and some was poles but but dat was better dsn de dirt floo±s some cabins have.

	“De ests we have wis jes‘ good .~iita, lots of meats and vegetables and de like; ‘pos~im and coon and beef and all cooked good. Our clothes was Jee‘ home spun like all de others.

~We didn‘ have euch a big ranch and not many slaves but we all gits along. We learns a little ‘bout readin‘ and writin‘.

	“I don‘t ‘member any camp meetin‘s ‘tu after de war.

w.	had a tew dia s*d on Ch~‘istmae times we jes‘ tsars up de country. Lawdy3 LawdZ Dat fiddlin‘ went on all nights

~ and we dance awhile den lay down and sleeps, den gits up and dances some mo‘e. We would have big cakes and everything