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	“De war didn ‚ make ne diff‘ rune. ‚ dat I nst ices ‚ ‚ cept massa and one e~erseer jines de arn~y, Massa come back, but d.c •vereeer a~ captured by de Yankees, so massa says, and we never hears ‘bout him after dat. De soldiers passes by lits of times, both de ‘federates and. de Iblue bellies‘, but we‘s never bothered with dem. Di fightin‘ was n•t closi enough t. maki trouble . Jus ‚ • fore freedm c orne, de new overseer a~n ‚ etructed te taks tis to Texas and. takes us to Kaufman C•unty‘ and we is reñigees dire. De Tanke. mans telle us we sa free an& can do sich as we pleases. Dat lef‘ us in charge •f ni me and. ~ jue~ like cattle, wen‘ wanderin‘.

	~Pappy, him goss back to Louliana to massa‘s place. Dat am de las‘ we hears fr.rn him. Max~my and I gses to Henderson and I works at dis and dat and cares for my a~nmy tsn years, till she dies. ~n I gits jibe as ciek in Dallas and Hiuston and lots *f •ther places.

	“I gite married in 1901 to Ellen Tillse and I cooks till ‘bout four years agi, till I gite de rhuinatis‘. D&t‘e a]]. I can t.ll you ‘biut di

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