Ex~s1ave Stories	Page Two	~	~39
(Texas)





watch 1em~ Coley s~nd Henry ootrx grow up and go to w~r but neither

come back.

	“Sain Swan, he was sneriff ‚ and. ne k~tcn two ranaway niggere one day. Dey was brtidders and. dey was n~une Rufe and John Grant • Well ‚ lie takes ~ e~ and puts dem in jail and. saine oi~ de men git s ~ era out ~nd takes tem down to cte wriippin‘ pos& ~ ien strap ‘em down ar~dgive ‘ein one terrible lashin‘ and den throw salT in dere wounds and ~rou could ~iear acm niggers holler for a mile. Den dey took ‘em back to de farm to wo‘k.

	“Dey hanged good many niggers tround Jasper ~ In slavery times dey hangs a nigger nanie Jim flenderson, at Mayziew Pond. Us boys went dere and. mark de t, Two cullud men ‚ Tom Jerferson ~uid S~n Powe 11 ‚ ~ey kill anudd.er nigger and dey hang dcii to de oie white o~k tree wnat is south of Jasper Court Rouses

	“After I‘s free I cooks for Cap‘n Kelly in ‚its mil‘tary camps for 21 year. Den I cook for boats what run up and down de 1‘Tecnes and Angelina rivers~ I wants to say, too, dat I wotks for every&hertifin Jasper Cou*ty ‘C5ptifl‘ de las‘ one. Guess l‘s too young to wo‘k for hi±Z
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