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ŔNDP~.E~ GOOJ~1AN, 9?, was born ~ sIeve of the Goodman family, near B irw in~h2rn ‚ Alab ~ His master moved to Srciith (i~ounty, Texas, when Andrew was three years otcd. Andrew is a frail, kindly old man, WhO lives in
	.	his memories. F~ lives at
		2607 Canton St., Dall~, Tex~s.




	‘$1 was horn in slavery and I thinlz the~n d~iys was better Thr the ni~ers thafl the days we see n~‘w, Qn~‘ thing wi~s, I never was cold 2fld hon~ry when my old master lived, and I has been plenty ho~igry r‘nd cold ~. lot of times since he is gone, But sometitnes I think M~rse ~oodmnn was the bestes‘ r~ian G~wd mrde in a long time.

	“My mother, M~rthr Good:ir~n, ‘longed to Marse Bob Gooc1mr~n when she was born, but my p~w come from T~nessee arid Marse Bob heir~d him from some of his kinfoiks wh~,t died ove~r there. The cToodin~ns must h~‘ve been fine folks all~a~w~.y round, ‚ caute ny p~w said tht~n th~t r~ised him w~s good to they nig~ers,

	“Old L~arse never ~ none of his nigger famili~ sep~3r~t~d. He ‘lo~ved he thought it right and fittin‘ that folks stay to~eth~r, thoii~h I heard tell of some that didn‘t think so.

	~I~y Missus was just as good as Marse Bob. My m;~w was a puny little woman that wa3ntt ~ble to do work in the fields, ~nd she puttered round the house for the 1~issus, dein1 little odd jobs, I pl~yed round with little 1~iss Saille and little Mr. Bob, ~ I ate with them and slert wIth them, I used to sweep off the steps and do things, and. sh&d brag on me and many is the time I‘d ~it to noddin‘ ~nd ~o to sleep, ana. shetd pick rae u,p and put me In bed with her chillun,