Ex-~slave Stories	Page Pive
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He give me jes‘ ‘uou~gh to git a peck or two of meal and a 11,1 ~yrup.

	“I allus works in de field. and melcea ba&cets, big old cotton baskets and bow baskets make ou~t of white oak. I work down de osic to mi~ke de splitL and ~ke de bow basket to tote de lunch. Den I mtilce trays and mix ~owls. I go out and cut down de big poplar aM bust off de big block and sit down ‘straddle, and holler it out big as I wants it, and mnke de bread trw. I make collars for ho~ses and ox whops and quirts out of beef hide. But I looses my eyesight a couple years back and I can‘t do nothin‘ no more. My gal takes care of me~

	NI come here in 1931. Dat de first time Vm out of Franklin Parish. I allus git along some way till I‘~ blind. My gal ~n good to me, but de days am :passin‘ and aoon I,ll be gone,
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