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LOUIS FOWLER, 84, was born a s1av~ to Robert Beaver, in Macon Co., Georgia. Powler did not take his ~ name, but that, of his stepfather, J. Fowler. After he was fr4~ed, Louis farmed for several years, then worked in packing plants in P0rt Worth, Tex. He lives at 2706 Holland St. ‚1‘ort Worth.





	“Dis cuiliid person am 84 ye~rs old and l‘s born on de planta.-. tian of Massa Robert Beaver, in old. Georgia. H~ owned my mammy and ‘bout 50 slaveB. Now, ‘bout my p~py, I lets you judge. Look a.t my hair. De color am red, ain‘t it? My beard wn red and my eyes Is brown and ~uy skin am lieht yellow. Now, who does you think my pappy was? You doit ‚ t know, of c ours e ‚ but I knows ‚ ‚ cause on dat planta-.. tion am a flan dat am over six feet taU and. his hair as re5 as a brick.

	“}Ly m~iiay am married t o a man naiiied Fowler ~nd he am owned by Mass~ Jack Powler, on 3e place next to ours. Our place ~am middlin‘ bi~ and fixed first class. He has first-.cl~ss quarter for us cullud folks. De cabins RE two and sortie three rooms and dey ax~i built of logs and chink~.cd with a piece of wood a~d dwibed with dirt to fill de cracks. Do way wetuns fix dat dirt am take de cle~v or guzabo which am stickv when t am wet. Dat dirt am soa~ked with water till it stick together and. den hay or strniv ~m mixed with it . . When sich riud am daubed in de cracks it stay ~nd dem cabins ~un sho‘ windproof and warm.

	9De treatment an good gnct Massa Beaver have de choice name ‘mong he neighbors for bein‘ good. to he niggers. No work on Sunday, no work on

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