Sx~s1ave Storiss	~ :rour ‚ 58
(Texas)







needs and ~tvs dem part d~ crop. He 1vide up cie pig litters and. such ~mongst dem. He cive dem de start, Døn after two, three year he c~nmence talcin‘ out for d.ere food. and boots and. clothes ~nd sich.

	“De~ight de pusson die dey has de w&~e and sing and pray all night Dey ai], very ‘ligious in dere profession. Dey.knock off all work so de cati go to de buryiri.‘.

	“D. white folks‘low dem to have de frolic with de fidd1~ r banjo or windjammer. Dey dances oitt on de grass, forty or fifty nig~ers, and dem big gals nineteen y~ar old ~pt ~t d~. barefoot ~s de goose. It jes‘ de habit of de times, tcg~ise dey a3.]. h~ive shoes. Sometini“s dey call de jig dance ~nd some of dem sho‘ dance it, too. De prompter call, ‘~k11 git ready. ‚ Den he houer, ‘All balance,‘ and den he sing out, ‘Swing you pardner,‘ ~fl(~ dey d~s

it.	D~L hé say, ‚ First man head off to de right, ‚ and çlere dey goes. Or Le


!_~r, ~~11 promenade,‘ and dey goes in de circle. One thing ‘~ey calls, ‘Bird in de Cage.‘ Three joins hands round de gal in de middle, and daxice round her, ar4 den she git au.t and her pardner git in de center and. dey dance dat

; way ~.whUs.

	“jft•r freedom dey have de log cabin schoolhouse. De first teacher was de cuilud women name Mary Chapman. I near wore out dat old blueblack
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:	~ 1~aves Cacido Parish in 187? for Galveston, and 1~avss dere on de

:~ ThILV lflaßt schooner for L..sburg and. ~.p de Calcasiea Rivsr. Den I goes to de ;~ Cem.ron Parish and tri 1879 1 comes to Beaumont. I zaarries Mandy Watson in

I 1882 and she died. in 1932. Us never hats no chilien but ‘dopts two. Us marry ~ ~
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