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JA1~Œ•~S G~REF~1~ is half .Ajmerîcan Ind1~n and. half Negro. He was born a a1a~e to John Wilhi~zns, of Petersbur:, Va. ‚ became a u fre e b oy“ ‚ then was kidnapped and sold In a Vir~1nia slave market to a Texas ranehman. He now lives at 323 N. Olive St.,
Sian Ant oni. o ‚ Texas.





	‚II never knowed. my ~e till ~ifter de war, when Ps set free

d.e seconi time, and then marster sits out a bi~ hook and it shows I‘s

25 year old. It shows I‘s 12 when I is ~bou~ht anti $800 is paH for me.

That $800 was stolen money, 1cause I was kidnapped and d.is is how it

e orne:

	‘1ky mammy was owned by John Williams in Petersbu.r~, in Vir~ini~, and~ I corne born to her on dat plantation. Den ~iy father set ‘bau.t to ~it me free, ‘cause he ~ fu~11-~bl6ode~ Indian and done some bi~ favor for a bi~ man high up in de cou~rts, ::~nd he ~its me set free, and den Marster Willie~ms laughs and. calls me ‘free boy.‘

	I‘ Then ‚ one day al on~ c orne a Fr id.ay and thr~t a unlucky star day and I playin‘ round d.e house ~nd garster fthli~rns come up arid say, ‘Delia, will you tlow Jim walk down de str~et with me?‘ My mammy say, ‘All right, Jim, ~rou be a «ood boy,‘ arid dat de las‘ time I ever he~red her speak, or ever see her. We w~dks down whar de h~ases crows close together and pretty soon comes to de slave market. I ain‘t seed it ‘fore, hut when Marster Williams says, ‘Git up on de block,‘ I ~ot a funny feelin‘, and I knows what has happened. I‘ s sold t o Marster John Pincliback and he had de St. Vitus dance and he likes to make he ni~ers suffer to m~ke up for