~x~slaVe Stories	Pace Four	2~j~
(Texas)






~rn what we needs today. t I looks at him ~nd says to myself, ‘Thank de LRwd I knows better‘n dat. ‚ ~Vhen I‘s comm1 up it am cl9rk, but I Icnows better things am ahepd for us people and us trusts in de Lawd and was honest with our white folks ~nd profits by what dey tells us. :ey wasntt no ni~gers sent to jail when I‘s oomint up. it dis 1stvle md b~ightness‘ what gits de young ni~gers in trouble. Dey got de dark way ‘head of deiii, less dey stops and studies and make somethin‘ out deyselves.