~Xi~1ftyS Sterlea	Page Pis
( Texas)




dida‘t haie ‘ziingh slaves so they werks awful hard. I seed ~ hit

a~7 aan~ay fire hu~nerd licks and my• pappy six Iminerd, Pappy ha~e run sway and been gene long t ta. arid they cet cli him ii de water la the Neches River. He have aeat and stuff and they say mamy feedin‘ him1 but I thiik it the ether way. I think he gittin‘ and seridin‘ her stuffs

t‘ The whit e f,lks has the big church with the bar ‚ criss it and

t he c~I1u.d felice s it behin ~ the bar. I f an~ want e to j lite us tell massa and he tell the preacher, and he •]d man S.uthwell. They baptise at the mill pond.

WI IRaITISS Jerry Ssuthweil and us git marry at home. Jerry

wears the black suit and. I wears the dotted white Swiss dress with the

•verskirt.

U~en freedom breaks and nassa say we free ‚ we goes to the Hayne s‘

place and ny pappy fani~e for hisseif. We gits on better dan in slavery days and after ‘while p~~‘y buys him some land and. den we all right. Me and niy ~a~sban‘, we stays on with pap~ awhilee bUt we gite our own farm and f~usm all us life.