Ex.-slaVe Stories	Page Two
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	“News o1~ the freedom come ‘byut 9 or 10 o‘clock on a Tues-‘ d~y morning. ~05~ us goes home and st8ys there till next Mond9y, Then yankees come and~ told us we‘5 free. About 80 of tein come and they slio‘ laughed a lot, like they‘s glad. war is through. Seen like they‘s niore for eatin‘ than anything else and dey steal the good. hossee, They ta~ce everything to eat ‚ and 40 bIg gobblers and they e~,t the hawgs and beeves, too. How therii Yankees could. e~t~ I never seen nothin‘ like it.

	“1 come to Jefferson County nfter freedom and got me a job. It was snipin‘ on the railroad, Freedom did.n‘ mean int~ch to me, ‘cause I dIdn‘ know the difference. I done well anyhow.