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( Pexas)





	“De 0olo~.el~ he a good. sassa to u.. He glows us to wort te

pateh of ground for mreelys., and ~b have a pig or a œuple chio~xis for oarselvee, and. he allue sake out to givs us plenty to eat.

“De ~aasa, when a plac. fill up, he atlus pick aM ao‘e to

a plate where dere ain‘t so auch people. Dat how ooze de Colonel fuse left Alaba~ and come to Texas, and to te place dey calls Beef Heat ten, bu~t calls Gren ‚ Cane now,

“Then us come to Grau‘ Cane a nigger boy git stuck on one us

house girls and he ru~n away fron he massa and foller us. It were a woodly country and de boy outrun h. chasers. I heeret de dogs after h1~ and he torn amt bleedin‘ with t. brs.h and he run upetair in te gin hous•. D.

togs sot down by de toor and. de dog-aan, what hiret to chas, hia, he drug hi~ down and throw hi~ in de Horse Hole and tells dß two dogs to ewig in and git him, D. boy so scairt he yell ant holler but de doge nip ant pinch h~a good with de claw. ant teeth. When deY lets de boy oet de water hole he aU bit up and when he ~asea laZzi how mean de &o~man been to do boy he ‚ fuses to p~q de fee.

	“I gits ~arriet in slavery time. to George Porteecue. D. ~asea he m~r~y Uß sort of like de justice of de peacs~ B~t my ~sben‘, he git kilt in Liberty, ‘hen he cuttin‘ down a tree and it fall on his. I ain‘t neyer marry no sore,

	ni sho‘ was glaAL when freedom come, ‚ ca~i~e dey Jus‘ ready to put m~y little three year oU bo~y in de field. DS7 tOOk ~6IR 70Lh1~(• I has

another baby call Mittie, and she too young to work. I toa‘t btow how maRY

Chill.~ i~s hase, ant soi~etimes I sits Silt tries to COIlflt ‚~. Dey‘. SSVen