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~x.~slave Stories	ICi
(Texas)







	“Some de nig~ers dontt like d.c treatment what dey white folks &ives 1em and dey ru.n away to de woods. I‘d he~x de nigger dog~. a~rinmin‘ 9nd when d~y cotch de niggers dey bites ~em all over ~nd tears dey clothes and. ~its de skin, too. ~.nd de n1g~rs, ~r‘d holler. I s~d ‘~m whip ~e ni~gers, t cause aey toit de chilien to look. Dey buckled ‚ ~m down on d.c cr(yunt ~nd laid it on dey b~ck~. Sometimes dey 1~ic3. on with a ri~î~~hty h~vy h~nd~ But I ~ never git no whippiri‘ tcau~e I never went with de cullud gen~ration. I set right In ~e bu~~r with de white chilien ~nd. went to hear Gospel pre~chin‘.

	“I thrnced ~t de balls in de sixteen figure round sets and every~ body in dem parts say I de pr1ncip~i3. danc~r, but I gits ‘].igion and left de old. w~y to live in de ~ termiriati~n to 1ive~ beyon‘ dis v~1e of te~.rs.

	“1 have my trib‘Iatioris ~i‘ter my old. daddy d.i~, ‘cauSse he good to us little chilien. But my n~~xt d.addy e. man ini~hty rough on u~ • Dat after Miss Fannie done goneb~ck to ~org1~ and my back clone hurt me all c~e time froxn pu].lin‘ fodder arid choppi& cotton. It make a big lndiftrence after Miss Fgnnie gone, an~ d~ w~r ~e cause of it p.11. I heered. de big C&flflOfl~ ~OiI1~ Ofl Over there just Iik~ de bigges‘ clap of thunder.

	“Me and de little chilIen pl~yint j~ de road. makin‘ frog houses out of send when we heer de hoss~,s comin‘ W~ looks an3~ see de buth~11ions shinin‘ in de sun ~nd de sojers have tin cups tied on side dere saddles and throwed dem cups to us chilien ~s dey passed. DeY say WET‘ iS over arid we is free. Mjs~ Fai~~nie say sh~ a Seay from G~eorgi~ and she ~O bECk dere, but I jus‘ ~t~y on where 1s native born.