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livin‘ but I h~d ‘bout fourtesa.

“D.y was pretty hart o,~ d.c niggsrs. Iffen us have te baby us only

‘lowet to stay in de house for one month and card and apin, and dan us has to get out in de ftslL ]~y allus blow &. horn for us mies to come up eM

nues te babies.

NI seed. plenty soldiers ‘for. fr.sdo. Dsy~s de Democrat., I~»~

~ I never seed no Ta~eea. U. niggere used to wash eM iron for 4e~. At ni~t us seed dose soldiers pespin‘ around d.• ho~t~e and us mn. ‘way in Le bresh.

NWhefl freedoM coae us was l~rtn‘ by de crop ‘and &e aassa he gin.

jus a ~en~rous part of dat œa~ and ua move to Olamks ilace. We gUs on all


Ir igk~t after freedom, but it hart at first ‘caise us didn‘t 1a~ow how to to for ~ ree1i~s, But we haa to lam.
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