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den dey can‘t go much furder. De Yariees kept crowdin‘ t em and dey ‘ on o ‘ . when dey o amp in ].‘ mar ster‘ pasture, he give ‘em co‘n. I see ‘ein dribe a whole wagon load of co‘n and dump it on de groun‘ for dey hos-. ses. De Yankees nebber come ‘till de war close. 3Den dey come all through dat country. Dat was destruction, it seem to me like. Dey take what aey want. ‚~

	“When freedom corne and de proclamation was read and de ol‘ marster toi‘ ‘eni dey was free and didn‘ have no 01‘ marster no mo‘ some of de slavea cried. He tell ‘em, ‘I don‘t want none of you to leave. ‚ ‘I ‘Il give you ~8.OO a mont‘.‘ ~Al1 de ol‘ folks stay and help gadder dat crop. It sho‘ griebe ol‘ marster and he didn‘ live long atter dey tek his slaves ‘way from him. ~t.l1, it jis‘ kill‘ him, dat‘s all. I ‘members de Yankees on dat day dey sot to read de proclamation. Dey w~s gwine ‘roun‘ jn dey blue un:~forni‘ and a big long sword hangin‘ at dey side. Dat was cur‘osity to dem r~iggers.“

	“When ol‘ niarster want to go out, he call he li‘i nig~ ger serbent to go tell my father what was de hostler, to saddle up de hoss and bring him ‘roun‘. Den ol marster git on him. He had t ‘roe steps ‚ so he could ji‘ go up