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	(Texas) . ~7o~ S~D, born near AuBtin, Texas, d.oeB not kr~ow hi~ ag, but was almoßt gi~own when he wa4s freed~ Re beion~ed~ to Dr. Sneed. and stayed with hie~ sev. era). years aft er ]~anci~ation.




	ni‘5 borned ou de old Sneed place, e1~ht miles s~iuth of Âuztin, and my n~a~ny was Sarah Sneed. and pappy ~as Ike Dey c‘ne fr~ ~enne~see ath dere five boys and two gals. De boys am Dixie en~ Joe and Jim and Bob and me, and de c~a1:b ~ Katy ~ Lou. U~ live ~n qu~rter3 what was log huts. Dere‘s one long, log hoü~è where dey spinned and weaved de cloth. Dere sixteen apjnnjnV wheels and eight Io~me In dat house and.

my j ob was ur‘ oi~e d~ 8heele when they‘ d thresh me out ~nd git ~ne to do it. ~Los‘ all de clothes wh~tt de slavee and de white folks have

was cade in dat house,

	“Moe‘ and u~w~1 de chilien sleept on de floor, unless With de old folks. I~ bed~teada ~çe o±‘ pieces of epilt 1o~s f~sten With wooden pa~s and rope cris8—cross. ~ ~attre5$Th~$f shuckz tear into st~tp~ with maybe a 11~1 cotton or prairie hay. You could go out on de prairie moe‘ any time and ~et ‘nough grass to make de bed., and dry lt ‘fore lt put in de tick. L~ whIte folks Mve bought ‘beds haul by ox tean3 frorz Au5tln and feather beds1

	‚t Dr. Sneed raise cotton and. corn and wheat. Soinetthe five or e ix oxen hitch t o de wagon and. 25 or 30 i~ns make what am call de wagon traifl. ~ ~‚ Dey haul cotton ~nd corn and wheat to Port La~aca what a~ de nearest shipping point ‚ On de return tr Ip ‚ dey brang sugar and coffee and cloth and other things what as needed . on de plantati on, 1‘~ret ttii~e massa ‚ low m~ go with dat ox-train, I th~mk Vs growed.
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