Ex~slave Stories	Page Four . 221
(Texas)






from New Orleans through Morgan City. I fire in de sawmills, too.

	“My fust wife naine Liny and us marry and live together 43 year and. den she die. In 1932 I marry a gal call Zellee what live In Beaumont arid she still dere. I ~ n~v~r have no chile in dis world.

	I, ~ lame all dese things ‚ bout ~ slav ery from my mama and grainma, ‘cause I allus ask questions and dey talks to me lots. Dat‘s ‘cause day‘s nobody but me and. I allue under dey feet s.
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