EX~$1aVe$tories	PR~ Two
( Texas)







	“De slaves git out In c~e fields ‘fore aun~up ~nd work till black dark, Den dey cOru~ ho~neand have to feel lere way In de house, with no light. My mammy ~nd daddy field hands . My grandma w~s co ok ‚ ~i~d have t o gi t in de cook pot ‘bout four otclock to git breakfas‘ by daylight. Dey et by candles or p irie t orches . One cl e black boys st and behin ‚ ‚ em ~nd bold. it whil e dey et.

	tf De e]. othe s we wore was made out of dyed. ~ 1 o ~ Dat de stuff dey m~Ice s s~ckin‘ out of~ Summer time us go bareThot but winter tinie come, dey give you shoes with heels on ‘em big as biscuits.

	“De qu~‘ters is back of de big house arid didn‘t have no floors. Dey sot plumb on de ground and build like a ht~wg pen. Dey cut down t imber and et ~ke it up at de corners and fill it in with timber with de bark on it. Dere was split log houses and round log houses and ai]. sech like dat. )ey have only fifty slaves on dat place, and it a big pl~ce, big ‘no~h for a ~ndred. But what dey do? Dey take de good slaves arid sell ‘em. Dat what dey do. Den dey make de ones what am left do all de work. Sell, sell, all de time, and never buy nobody. Dat Was dem.

	“:~very ‘ di~,y èvenint us go t o de pitcher poke. Dat what dey calls I t when dey issues de rations. You go to de smokehouse and dey weigh out some big, thick rounds of white pork i~eat and give it to you. De syrup weighed out. De meal weighed out . Dey never give us no sugar or coffee . You want coffee, you put de skillet on de fire and put de meal in it and parch lt till lt most black, and put wat er on it • Mi~mmy make salt water bread out of a li ‚ I f1 our and salt and wat er.

	“Sometimes, dey make de slaves go to church. De white folks sot up fine in dere carriage and drive up to de door anc~ git de slaves out of one cabin, ~en