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	:~L.8LAn STQRI~S	Page One
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	~\	GUT STIWART, 87, 209 Austin Ave., It.
Woz‘$ß, was born Nov. 26, 1850, a slave
‚ ~)	of Jack Taylor, who also o~me& GuyS ~
~~l‘	parents, 3 brothers anti 3 sister..
They lived in Mansfield Parish, La. Stewart started work in the field.. at seven year. ‚ and remained with ils owner three years after h~ was freed. He‘ then moved onto bis own farm wher he lived until 1898, when he moved to Port Worth.



	“ras. mua, ~ an ol‘ slave end I‘.. ‘bout 11 years ol‘

when de War starts. My marstir am Jack T~lor end ay f11y be.. long. to h1a~,

	t, I ~3fl•~~•~$ de war well, ‚ cause we1uns hear. shootlit1 and see soldier.. Dey comes to marster‘s place end takes houes and vittals. Ou. tim, dey wants some of d.c niggers for to help fix for de battle. Dore ~m heap of ‘oltement and de narster‘s ‘fraid de battle come too close. Re say~ ~It‘e too close for saftaent.‘ And he say, ‘Put die and dat awa~y so de soldier oaln‘t find it.‘

	WI starts voit long~for• dat, shen ~ seven, in de cotton and co‘n field. I just peddles 1rouiid first. Marster sho‘ an good to u~‘ and so good dat cii oth.r whits folk. calls us de ‘free niggers.‘

	~Je~uns have cabins for to live in and sleep in bunics with

straw ticks on sea. Wstuns has lotsto sat, all we want.. And we~une have all di clot]~s we needs.

	“SIio, we went to cthirch with de marster. I~y toi‘ us ‘bait Heaven and de devil and sich. But d.y never ‘lows us to have books in de hands. Dey says it wasn‘ good for us to lam readin‘ ~ writin.‘
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