~x~..s1ave Stories	Pace Four
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“L~assa Charles h~v~ a arbor rmd. dat‘s where we h~ispreachin‘. One

day old Uncle L~w preachln‘ and he say, ~De Lawd rnt~ke everyone to come in unity and. on de level, both whit~ and black.‘ When Mas‘~a Charles hears about it ‚ he don‘t like it none ‚ and ~e next mornin‘ old Uncle J~ke git Uncle L~!w and put him out in de field with de rest.

	“Massa Charles run dat plantation jus‘ like a factory. Uncle Cip was sugar men, my papa tanner and Uncle John Austin, what h~v~ a wooden lee, ~m shoem~cer and. make d~ shoes with de brass t0e8. Law me, dey heaps of things go on in slave time what WOn‘t go on no more, ‘cause de bright light came and it ai&t dark no more for u~ black folks, Iffen a nigger mn away ~ dey cotch him, or does h~ come back ‚ cause he hon~ry, I seed Uncle Jake stretch him out on c~ ground and tie he h~nds and. feet to posts so h~ can‘t move none. Den he git de pi.‘~ce of iron what he call de ‘slut‘ and what is like a block of wood with little holes in i~, and fill de holes up with tallow and put dat iron in de fire till de grease ~izz1in‘ hot ~xid hold it over de pore nigger‘s back and let dat hot grease drap on he hide. Den he take de bullwhip and whip up and c1o~m, and aîter all d~t throw de pore nigger in de st ockhoase arid chain hixn up a couple clays with nothin‘ to eat . I~r :pa~pa carry d.c grease scars on he back till he aie.

	.	“Massa Charles F~fld Uncle J~ce don‘t like papa1 ‘cause he ain‘t so black, and he had. spirit, tcause he part Indian. Do somethin‘ go wrong a~d~ Uncle Big Jake say he gwine to give papa de ~iippin‘ ‚ he mris off. One

time he gone a whole ye~ and he sho‘ look like a monkey when he gits back, with de hair standin‘ straight on he head ~md he face. Papa was mighty good
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