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Ex~..slave Stories	Page ‘Eight
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De Yanks ~rounct all de tir~e and one d~y they comes right in de house where Miss Corriella eatin‘ h~r dllnn~,r. Dey marcîi ‘rourtd. d~ tab1~, jes‘ scoopin‘ up rn~t ~nd ‘taters and grRb~in‘ cornpon~ right and left. Miss Corneila don‘t s~y a word, jes‘ ~mi1t~ sweet ~.s hon~y.-c~ke. I reckon dem so~j~rs might a took de siIv~r and se~ch onI~r she charm t~.ty~ h~r bein‘ so quiet ~nd Ipdvllke. First thing ~rc~u know dein soj~rs curtsy to Mi~sy end take &~rese1f right otit de door m~id don‘t come back.

	UD~n it s~m 1i~ Marse have ~L1 c~e troub1~ in de~ world. H~ boy,

Ned, die in ~.e war and William, whet naine forhe pr., drink bad ‘11 de tiae. And after de war ~em Ku Kiuxers wnat ‘v‘,i~r de false &aces try to tinker with Marse ‚ s nigger s • One day tJnc1~ D~ve ~ t art t o t own ~nd a K1u~er a5k him where a~n he pass. Dat Kiuxer cLout him but Une1~ Dave outrun him in de cane. Marss grab ci~ noss and go ‘rest d~t rn~ii and Marse a j~dg~ and. h~ m~‘ke d~t ‚nan p~y de fine for hittin‘ UncJ.~ Dave. 1!t~r dy hears of dat, de~n old pok~ faces

I scairt of old Marse and d~e~r git out •~~rom Opelousas and stays out • Then

m~ and. my husbRfld, John, corne to Texas d.~ folks say dat Lou1s1~ma i~msters de

iuearles‘ In de world and I s~r rigiit back ~t ~m dat dey is good and. me~xi in

every spot of de earth. That more, de Louisiana m~tst~rs free dere nigg~rs

a y,ar ~ any Pexas nigger ~it free.

u When ‚ manc 1.pat i on come ‚ Ma ~s e gi t on • e b 1g bi ock and. SR~,

‘You a]~1 i~ as fr~‘e as I is, standin‘ rig~it here. Does ~rou. want to stay with me, ~roti can, ~nd I‘ll pay ‘rou for de work.‘ All ~Ie niggers cheer and say dey want to stay, but Marse die not long after and. ~11 us niggers scatter.

	HI sho ~1ect dat day old Marse die. ~e won‘t die till ma gits He keep s~i~‘, “~there‘~ Charity, tell Charity to come.“ Dey fotch