Ex—slave Storisi	~ . Page Thre•
(Texas)



Dat was a barrel with a hole cut in txie bottosi jus‘ big enough for Cr~ar1ie to slip ~ie head. through. Dey pull dis on to zila every mornin‘ and then he cou1c1n~ sit d.own or use ne ares, cou).‘ jus‘ walk troun~ all d~ay, de brunt of other elavee jokes. At night dey took it off and: chati him to he be&. after he have wo‘n dis Louisiana shirt a month cte inarster task he a~gain, He fail andì run off to the woods. So Marster Adams, he conic to Marster )LcRay and want to sell Charlie back agaii, but he couldn‘, ‘cause ±‘reedau jus‘ come and they coulthi~ sell slaves no more ‚ but Marster MoRay st~y Charlie coul ~ come back and stay on he place if he wanted to.

	“Dey didn‘ try to teach us rea&in‘ arid writii~ but ~iee Mary read &e Bible to us every Sunday. Iffen us gît sick dey git ol~

1r.	Haynes or Dr. Perkins.

	“7(hen us ohillun, we plays ‘Town Ball‘ and marbles. Motner~s ~av‘rite lullaby was Bye-o Baby ~xritin‘.

	“I never seed. any sojers till after de War close, cien I seed. dem camp o~ Uourt House Square right here in Jasper. When freedoni was ‘dared., Miss Mary call us niggers into the parlor and den Marster ~cItay come and. tol‘ ~s wee free. He ‘vise ‘em to wo‘k trounci. Jasper, whaT they knows people, and says itfen any wange to stay witn fia to

~.	please rise up. Every person riz up. So dey all stay with b1~ ror a time • After ‚ wßile tie ‚ gin to rent and. cult ‘vate d.ifferen‘ plantat ion, and. dere treatment not so good, so dey ‚ gin to be diseat isy and pull lOose.