~x..~].aVe St~ri.e		~‘	~
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Dey ~~er let e me •rsitn& where tat puncheen li no mere.

	“When Massa }~gfert was riint anti tey gela‘ take te stars ‘wal ~ a him ‚ tey waa trsuble ‚ plenty cf tat. One day massa sent me d~own tß he brudter‘s plaś. I w~s tari twe days ant ę~n &. mi~ tell me te g. t• te fsncs. Dire was tie white mea in a buggy and. eue et •.m ř,~y, ‚ I thought ehe bigger tan tat • ‚ Den he aske me, ‚ Betty, kin yen ceok?‘ I telli him t been csk 1~lper tws, tk~r.. menth, ant he wa~j, ‘Te~t git tresiet ant cime en t•wn three aile t. te ether itt. te p•et

•ffi~e.‘ S. I giti ~ little bunt].. and. when Z gits der. he say, 0e1, ~a w~xit ti go ‘bent 26 mile ant help ceok at 4e bar~ia‘ hiuae? ‚ K.

tries to make me believe I wen‘t be g•ne a hag time, but when I gits in de ~ tey tell. me Masea Langf.rt Lene Is,‘ .v.rytAing and he haie t.

hide sut he nigger. fir ti keep he createker, fr~ gitt 1n~ dam. • Sime of d~e niggere he hid~es in te m&s~ but he stile me frim my sweet ~tasy ant sell me s~ Lem aredtckeri can‘t git me.

‘1~n we gite te de creesreat. tore d.e msi~a ami a nigger man,

Dat another sla‘~e he gwine t~ sell, and he hate t. Bill tu S~ b~t he can‘t luk us in te eye. Dey put. Ui niggeri tailLe ~e b‘1W. •• iffen te ont« tekene cosee al.ng &S7 C8fl~ t S~ ~

ttPizkally tue slate .p.C‘lat.I‘I pute te nigger an anA me in te train

anL takes us te Memphis, afl& When we gits Lire Iey takes u. t. te nigger tr~4ez‘e‘ yart. We git~ tens at breakfaat time ant W~1ti f•r t. blat &e~ call. t. ‘Obi.‘ t~ git tene~ De biat ju.. ‚ aheat .f tie Ohie, Oit Capt.

abri boat ‚ was ‚ atreyst ant tat delq~ enr bat twi enr. ~hia it cime,