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	~4~\	JULIA MAI~OE, 79 was born a slave
	;k~~‘	of Ju~e Illison, who owned. a thous—
	~ .‚	and. acre plantation near Lockhart,
~	Texas, Jul la‘ s mother was killed by
~ ~	another slave. Julia stayed with the
	?~lli.on f~iily several years after
	she wøi freed.. She lives at 305
	Percy St., Port Worth, Texas.






“J edge Elli son owned ‚ bout a tousand acres I and near Lockhart,

a few miles up de Clear Pork river. Bight dere I is borned, and it were

a big place and so man~ goint arid c~in1 it look like de beehive. De

buildin‘s and sheds look like de li‘l toe.

	“I ‘ae~b.r bein‘ left in de mirsery whilst my maiisy work in de fields. One night she go to de river for to wash clothes. She has to wash after dark and so she am waahin‘ and a nigger slave sneà up on her and hit her on de neck, and it ais d.c de~h of her. So de w~an what ma~y allus live with takes cars of me den and when freedom ~‚ ~me ehe moves t o t owi ‚ b~tt mas sa w ~ ‚ t let her took me. I stay. on with him and runs errands, while I is not fannin‘

de new ~by. Dey has six while I‘m dere. I fans dem till I draps asleep, and dat call for de whippin‘.

	“My foster m~ay cc~es out and asks massa to let her have ne, but he wont t do dat • But she puts one over on him fin ‚ ly ~nd git s me anywq. He am gone and mis~. am gone and I has to stay home alone with de last baby, and a man and woman what was slaves on de place ‘fore surrender, c‘~•s by in a wegon and tells me to jump in. Dey takes me to m~‘ foster mamy and she motes and wŒt‘t ‘low me outside, so massa can1t ever find. me.