~x..slave Stories	Pais Three
( Texas)



Y~ can go or you ea~n stay Those dat stay till de crops laid by~, I‘se will give $5.00 a month.‘

	~Dsn he takes de litti. niggere and sa~s ~ little fellows who I‘ se have sold dere mai~ties will stay wid me till dey ~ 21 years ole. You little fellows, I1Be Imow you‘s age and I‘se ~ivs yœs de statement •~

	“Mos‘ of de niggere stays wid him, but dey lef‘ tust one a~d den twider. Itse at aye on witt him for m~y years and works as coach-‘ man. When I left de Marster, ‘twa. to work for a fax‘aer for one year, den I‘se eo~nes to Port Worth~ Ise works in lumberya‘d for long time.

	“Tor de las‘ 12 years l‘as been bUn‘. l‘as had hard. time after dat tu] de las‘ year but I‘s. gita de pension each month, dat ~ a heap of help. Dia nigger am thankful for what de Lawd have bles~ed me wH.