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



dom was. I didnt know. wedder I needed it or not. Seem to nie like it was better den dan now, ‘cause I gotter look eut for myself now.“

	“Us uster be on de watch-out for ol~ marster. De fust one see him commt lit out and open de gate for him tÖ ride froo and ol‘ marster toss him a nickle.“

	“Whén it was time to eat, de cl‘ cook she holler out, ‘T-e-e, t-e-e, t—e-e-e‘ and all us li‘l niggers come runfin‘. &he have a big tray and each of us have a wessel and a spoon. She fill‘ us wessel and us go eat and den us go back for mo‘. U5 git all us want. Dey give us supper befo‘ de han‘s eome in from de fiel‘ and what wid pinyin‘ ‘roun‘ all clay and eatin‘ all us could hoi‘ in de afternoon, twarn‘t long befo‘ us li‘]. niggers ready to go te sleep.“

	“Oue tting, o].‘ marster didn‘ want his niggers to run about. Sometime dey want to py over to anudder plantation on Sunday. Den he give ‘etna pass iffen he willin‘ for ‘em to go. Dey had patterrollers to ride from plantation to see iffen dey was any strange niggers dore.“

	“When dey wanter marry, de man he repo‘t to ol‘ marster. He want his niggers to marry on his own plantation. He give ‘em a ~ioe li‘l supper and a big dance. De~ had