Elx—slave Stories	~	P$~ Two	•	279
(Texas)







	“Plenty t lines de niggers r~xn ‘way,‘ ~ dey have. to work awftil hard. aM de s~in awful hot. Dey Mdes In de woods and Mr. Snow keep nigger clogs to hunt ~em with. Deindogs b~we big ears and de~ so bad I never fools ~ round dem. Mr ‚ Snow t eke of dere chains t o git de scent of de nigger and. dey kep‘ on till dey finds him, and. sometimes dey hurt him. I knows dey tore de meat off one ~em field hands.

	“My mother used to send inc and my brother out in de woods for. d~e blackberry roots and she ma)ce medicine out of dem, You jest t&oe de few draps at de time. Den she take de cornmeal and brown it and make coffee out of it. ‚

	t, I didn‘ t pay imich ‚ tention to dat war t ill Mr. Snow says us

free and den us go to Œalveston and. she git work cookin‘ and I stays

with her,

1*1 can‘t tell you much. My mind. jes‘ ain‘t no more good.

no more,
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