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safe. But in dis ‘ticlar case, massa make de ‘cption.

	t‘ I Twas nigger Jack what ñey chases home and he gite unth~r de cabin and ~ to come out. ~1~ss~ say, ‘In dis case I gwine make ‘ception, ‘cause dat Jack he am too unreas‘able. He allus ohasin~ after some nigger wench and. not s~,tisfied with de pass I give. Give him 25 lashes but don‘t draw de blood or leave de marks •~

	HWeI1, sar, it wn de great sight to see Jack git dat wbxkppin‘. Hi~

am siceert, but dey ain‘t hurtin‘ hirn bad. Massa make him come out and dey tie him to a post and. he starts to bi~w1 a~d belier bef~o‘ a lick ~zn struck. Say~ Hirn beg like a good. fellow. It am, ~ Oh, massa, massa, Oh, ma~aa, have mercy, don‘t let I«~ whup me. Massa, I won‘t go off any more.‘ De patter-S rollers gives him a lick and. Jack lets out a yell dat sounds like a mule bray and twice as loud.

	‘Dere used to be g patterroller song what sent lie dis:

“tip ~e hill and down de holler White man cotch nigger by de collar Dat nigger mn and. dat nigger flew, Dat nigger t ore he shirt in ~

	II Well ‚ while dey‘ e whupp in‘ dat nigger, Jack, he u1dn~ t run and he couldn‘t tear he shirt In two, but he holler till he teer he mouth in two. Jack say h. never go off without de pass ‘gain and he kept he word, too.

	“De big dom‘ s ‚am On Christmas Day and de massa have present for each cullud pereon. Dey am little. things and I laughs when I thir~ka of then, but de CU11Ud. folks sho‘ ‘joy dem and it show massa‘s heart am right. For de chilien it an candy ~nd for de wosnen,a pin or sich, and for de men, a knife or sich. On dat day, preachermai Allen sho‘ have de full hears, and~ be preach ath preach. .
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