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	:~L.sLAvE STOBIIS	Paie One	•	79
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JOSH MILi~S, ?8~ waa born In
Rtckmiond, Virginia, a Blave of the Miles family. In 1862
. ~r. Miles brought his family
and slave s t o tranki in ‚ ?exaa.
After he wa~ freed, Josh worked for the railroad until k~e waa laid off becauee of old age. He lives In Mart, Texas.




n ~ was born In Richmond ‚ in Vi. rglnny ‚ back in 1859 ‚ a~d ~y mammy

and. pa~ppy was elaveB to a man ~aaued I~i1es, what lived in Ricbicrnnd bu~t owned three plantatlonB out a few miles, and about fifteen }mindred rttggers. Peppy was de faai‘ly coachman and druv de li‘l surrey when Massa gwtne see he plan~ tattons. On Sunday he druv de big coach to c~mrch. D~i Old Maa~a wear de big stove~.‘pipe hat and de 1ong-~ekirt coat and he big boots. Peppy, he wear de tall hat with de blue uniform with brass buttone, and black, Shiny boote. Re have de long horsewhip to crack at dem hosses ~ he drive four or ~tx hoaaee, ‘cause dat coach am big and heavy and de roads am often muddy.

	~tMaeaa allue went to de big faire in Louisville and Richmond, where de big hoes races am. Dey name de hosses for Abe Lincoln and Steve Do~tglae, in 1860. De bettin‘ •ong what dey sings am like dis:

~	a old plow hoes, whose name am D~ug,doo,dah,doo..dah He ‚ s short and thick ‚ a reg ~ lar plug ‚ oh ‚ doo ~ deli ‚ doo-dah, doo We‘re born to work a:11 night, we‘re born to work all day, t 11 bet my money on de I~jncoln hoes ‚ who bets on St even À?‘

	“Well, dat de way Us lives jas‘ befo‘ de war. When de presidents calls

for ~o1unteers, Virgimny goes for de Rebels, and dey moves de capitol to Bichmoud. So Old Massa sees he‘ll be right in di thick of de war and be ‘eides to come to Texas. He gits he slaves and he folks and hosses and cattle and

he household things in de covered wagon and starts. Course, de bosses and cattle walks, and so does us niggers. But massa take he time and stops wherever
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