Ex—slave stories (Texi~s)
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	“My grandfather ‚ he would tell us things ‚ to keep the whip off our backs. He woul& say, ‘Chilien, work, work 8nd. work haH. You know how you hate to be whipped, so work hard!‘ And of course we chilien tried., but of course we wo~iid git careless sometimes.

	t, The mast er had a ~ black snare ‚ ~ s orne called lt a Lbuil whip „ and he knew how to use it • He . whipped~, but I don ‚ ‘mez~her now whether he brought any blood on me ‚ but he cut the blood outt a the grown ones. He didn‘ t le ~ em ‚ he always had a whlpp in‘ block or log to m~ice ‚ em lay down on~ They called 500 licks a ~ light breslin, 1 ~th right on your naked back, too. They saId. :~our clothes wou.ldn‘ grow but your hide would. From what I heered. saar ‚ if you mn away, then was when they give you a ~whippin,‘ prob‘bly 1500 or 2000 licks. Theytd shore tie you down then, ‘cause you oudnt an‘ it . Then you‘ d have tc work on top c‘f ~ll that ‚ with your shirt st~ckint to ~our back.

“The overseer woke us up. Sometimes he had~ a kin‘
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blow, and~ when you heered that born, you‘d better git up. He

you a good whippin‘ iffen he had. to come and wake you up. He e et one on the place ‚ worse‘ n the bos s man.

	‘1The•‘ boas man had a nice rock house, and the women didn, work atall.

	“r.. neyer did see any slates auctioned off, but I heered of it. My b.o~a he would take 1 em there and sel I ‚ em.

	‚ “They had a church this side of !ew Fountain aM the boss man ~ ~ ‘lowed us to. go on Sunday. If any o~ the slaves did join, they UdXi‘

baptize thea, as I know of~



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