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Dibble, Fred, P.W., Grey, Bernice, V.W.,	~ Beaumont, Jefferson, Dist. -#3.

wukkin‘ slaves and I dunno how many li‘l niggers. I didn‘ lmow nuttin‘ ‘bout o]) Missus, Mrs. Wood. I jis‘ ‘member she a bt~ fat woman. De~ dicin‘ ‘low no 1i‘1 nigger chi1~ lun up In de yard ‘roun‘ de big house ‘cep‘ri‘ to clean up de yard, and dem what done dat, dey hatter be jis ~ like dat yard, clean as peckerwoods.“

	“01‘ marster he warn‘t me~ri. He nebber whip‘ ‘em jis‘ so. iffen anybody say de slave orter be whip. Dey halter see him and tell himwhat dey done beTh‘ he give de order to de overseer to whip. Iffen he don‘ t‘ink dey orter be whip, he say don‘ whip ‚ em and dey don ‚ git whip.“

	“I had to mind ~e cows and de sheep. I had a mule to ride ‘roun‘ on. It wa~ dis way, I hafter mind de cows. 01‘ marster he plant dif‘rent fiel‘s in co‘n, fifty or sixty or a hundred acres. When dey harve&tin‘ de co‘n, when dey git one fiel‘ done dey tu‘n de COWS in so dey kin eat on de stalks and nubbins what lef‘ in dat fiel‘. I got to ride ‘roun‘ and see de cows don‘ bus‘ over from one fiel‘ what dey done harves‘ into de other fiel‘ where dey wuk‘ ‚ or what am‘ t been harves ‚ yet. I j is ‚ like dat, ridin‘ dat mule ‘roun‘ de. fiel‘ arid keepin‘ de cows tri.“ .