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LOUIS~~ 1LATH~WS, 83, is a sister of Scott Rooper. Her owner was the Ret. Robert Tux‘ner, Louise married Henry Deggett when she was twenty ‚ J im Byers when she was thirty.i‘one and Bill Mathews ihen ehe was thirty4hree. She
~	lives alone at 2718 ~nnis Ave., lort Worth, about a blo~ f
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	“Sho‘, I ‘members dem slavery times, ‘~ause I~s eleven when de break~ lip cone. ~verybody call my massa Jed.ge Purner, but hirn i~m a Bapt ist preacher and have de small farm arid gen ‚ ra). store. My pç‘y and mamr~v don ~ t 1. ive t ogether ‚ ‚ CaUB e pap py~ am own by Massa Jack Kooper. Massa T~urner done merz~ dem.

Mostest de cullu.d folks jus‘ lives together by ‘greeaent den, but sassa have de cer‘aony.

	sus live in log cabins with de dirt floor and no windows, and. sleep on straw tick.. All de coolcin‘ done in de satin1 shed but when p~py come over twict de week, mammy cooks him de meal den.

	9Let me tell y~s how de young‘une cared for. Massa give dem special care, With de food. and lots of clabber and silk and pot-liquor, and. dey all fat and healthy. .

	“Massa a~ a preacbar and a farmer and a saloonkeeper. He askes de medicine with whiskey and cherry bark and. ru~st offen nails. It ~xs‘ be good, ‘cause us all fat and sassy. Gosh for ‘might~. ~ How I hates to take dat medicin.Z He say to me1 ‘Take good care de young‘u.ne, ‘canse de old ones gwine ple~ out soaet~ae, and I wants de young‘une to grow strong.

	“Massa Turner wants de good deys work and. us all give it to him. Every S~rday night us git d pass if us wants to ge to de party. Us have parties
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