i~x~.siave Stone!	.	Pace Two	83
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nettleweed. Then she uses ct~.t, de 1ick~ aintt and de burnin‘ after &~a sho‘ misery. Dat just

rnens use de rape when dey whups.

	“‘Bout eatin ‚ ‚ we keep s full on what me~i ~nd *1~,s~es. ~Ve seldom gits meat. dat taste like, Jus1 ~n“r what it looks ~ ilk we wants ‚ ~ cause dey put s it In de Dere was a trough for de nigg~rs 2nd one

	“Jus‘ tbout a rnonth befo‘ freedom, off. Dey dOn‘ go f~r, and stays in de dugout.

in and ~1t ‘lasses nid milk and wh~t food. dey could. My sis had a baby nid she nuss it ev‘ry night when ehe comes. Dey rune off to keep from gettin‘ a whuppin‘. De marster was m~d ‘cause dey lets ~ iule cut hisseif wid. de plow. Sis says ~e bee stung de mule and he gits unruly t~nd tangle in de plow. Marster s~qe, ‘Dey can‘ go far arid will come back when dey gits hongry.‘

	“I‘se don‘ ~ow much ‘bout de war. De white folks don‘ talk to us 1bout de war and we rune don‘ ~o to preachin‘ or ~ ‚ so we can‘ t lrrn much. When freeŒom coiiee ‚ inarster says ~ to us nig~ers ‚ ‚ Ail dat wants to go, git now. You has ru.‘ And he turns dem away, notbint on ‚ cept oie rags. ‘~arn‘t enough to cover dere bocty. No h~at, no shoes, no unner~ wear.

	“My pa~py ~nc1 raos ~ de niggers goes ‚ but I ‚ se have to stay t ill my pappy finds a. place for rie, ~e tells me dat hetll corge for me. I‘se have to watt over two years. De marster gets worser in de disposition and goes 1rouri‘ sort of taikin‘ to blsse‘f and den he gits to cusein‘ ev‘rybody.
	so b~d, but de etifl~iflt

	plurn runs rue crazy. De



we ~1ts, such ~.s beans, co‘n— ~thit e fi u, we ~ know what

like. ~Ve cite ‘bout ~11 de trough ~nd we helps ourselves.

for de hawgs.

my si~s ~nd ni~er Horace runs
Ev‘rv nicht de~r‘d sxec~k