~x‘.~s1av~ Stor1~s	Page Thr~
(Texas)







him de male vin~ tea,

	“Scuse me while I pours me some cof~“, It sho‘ d~o fortify me. You .kmow what us drink for coffee in slave tirnm~? Parched ~neai, 3nd it purty good iffen ~rou know‘s how.

	“Us don‘t have much singin‘ on our p1~c~, ‘cepting at church on Sund~r. Law me, de folks what works in de fields feels more 1ik~ cryin‘ at night. Us chi11~n iis~d to sing dis:

“‘?Ih~re you ~‘°~n‘ buzzard,
~Vhere you gwlne to go?
~	goiin‘ down to new ground, For to hu.nt Jin~ t~row~1

	t, I gue s s ~ass a Charle s ‚ what t r~k~n u.s when ~as s a Kit ci I ~ ‚ was ‚ bout (~.e s~Jne as all white folks what owned ~1~tve~, some go~. and sorrie bad. ~ b~s plenty to eat ~ rnore‘n I h‘~s now .~- ~nd p1~nt~r clothes and shoes. But de overseer was Unci~ Big Jak~, what‘s b1~,ck 1ik~ de rest of us, but he so ri~n I ‘sp~ct de d~viI done make him overseer down below 1on~ time ego. ~ Bat de b~,d part of Maass Charles, ~cause he lets Uucle J~ce whip de s1‘v~s so much dat some I ike my papa what had sp Ir it was all de t im e rtinn i‘ ~ way. And even does your stomach be full, ~tnd does you have plenty e]. othes, dat bullwhip on your bare hide make ycîu~. forgit de good part ‚ and dat‘ s de txi~th.

“Uncle Big Jake sho‘ work de slaves from early mornizi‘ till night,
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when you is in de field you better not la~ none. When it~ fallin‘ weather

de hands is put t o work fixt n~ dis and dat. Dc wom~i what has li‘ 1 chilien don‘t have to work so hard. Dey works ‘round. de sugar hause and come Il o‘clock dey quit s and. cares for de babies t ill I o ‚ clock, and. den works till 3 o ~ clock