~x—~1ave Stories	Page Three	~	(~()
	(Texas)		~..







git de slaveB out O~ de nex‘ cabin, and keep it ~ip till dey gits dein all. Den all de slaves walks front de ~arriage till dey sits to church. le sl~vee sot outside under de shade treei. If de preacher talk real loud, yoti can haar him out de window.

	u If ~ cullud man take de not ion t o preach, he couldn‘ t preach •bø~t de Gospel. Dey di&n‘t ‘low him do dat. All he could. preach ‘tout was obey de massa, obey de overseer, obey die, obey dat. Dey didn‘t make no passel of fu~ss ‘bout prayin‘ den, Sometimes dey have pra~yin‘ meetin‘ in a cabin at night. Each one bring de pot and put dere head in it to keep d.e echoes f rom gittin‘ b~.ck. Den dey prey in de pot. Dat de G‘~wd‘s tru~thL

	~	I done said, massa sol‘ de good slaves in ~tonroe. No~o~y marry In dein days. t gal go otit and t&ze de notion for some buck and dey m~~ke de 2greeu~ent to live together. Course, if a unhealthy buck tai4~p with a portly gal, de white folks sep‘r‘ate ‘em If a man a big, stout n~an, good breed, dey gives him four, five w~nen.

	“Sometimes dey ru.n ‘way. It ain‘t done dem no good, for de dawgs a~ put on dey trail. If you dumb de tree, d~i dogs hold y~ dere till de white folks comes, and den dey let de dogs git you. Sometimes de døgs tore all dey clothe s off ‚ e~d dey am ‚ t got nary a rag on ‚ em when dey git hone • If dey run in de stream cf water, de dogs gite after ‘ein and drowns ‘em. Den Nick, de overseer ‚ he whop ‚ em. He dr ive down four etalcea for de feets and hands and tie ‚ e~ up. Den he who~p ~ ~ from hea.d to feets. De whip make out a hide, cu~t in strips ‚ with holes punch in ‚ em. When dey bits de skin it make blisters.