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.	   TACH STR1NGJ~LLOW, 90, was
	birR a slave if Pra*k Thibert ‚ ii
	Bren.haii, Texas. Ris aer&.ry te
	pisr aitd, thsugh he resalled. a
	g.sd. rta*y insidente if si&~very
	days, he had little t. say ab.ut
	hi s life fr•ra 1865 t. the preei..
	cit, He iiw lives ii Vas•., Thxas.





“I‘ll be iiiety.~..,ae years •]4 next May, and I was bsrne& 1*

Brethiwi. My ma~sea and miscue was Frank Habert and Sarah Ani Habert. My daddy e eue freri de •ld Afri«a a~d was t~. J. ~d et raight as a arr *w. Ec w~s s•ld t, a iian wh~.t te~ked lita ti Calift‘rnia irt d.c g.ld rash ii 1849 and iae az~d aai~ay sti~ys with Massa Hubert. Dat hew e.me m~r aaae ai i~ t de eat&e as rias s a have . ~

~	“I g•t s. iaash misery in de head I ‘a*‘~ ‘aember like I sb‘~uld~ But I ki~•w us licro j~ littlelig h.usee all kiad of ~r.up t~ether, ~ us eat in a l.ug ~ builded .n te de big heuse. Us i~hille* had a l.ng, Si••pOdi..•Ut dish in a split l.g tables What we had ti eat was duaped. in dat trau~h aiad us 8te it like sl.p. Bu.t it ehs‘ taste g..d when y•u be~ huatia1 fir eggs •r calves •r gittin‘ iia ships ir breaki~‘ bresh..

‘~Whe~a Is big 1Ie~4ugh I e arrice water, s•metiaes fr.a de spriig and eeaetiaes fr ic~ de deep well . Dere dwiger a i}t~tie‘~á1~~iid f‘aII in ‚ dr iw~ &zd mas sa, he e ~y~i«ere ~ t is valu ‚ bic ts risk dcii dat wir. It was hard wut ti titi water fir aiggers werk~i,‘, tsgaee allue saiieb.dy

~ ~	h.lleri*t fir de water.. I had. ti tr•t d.w* de slippery baik tbr.ugh de thiras t.. de epri*~ ir pull d~e heavy sweep t. git lt .•ut de weil., ‘a*d~
	•arz‘y twi bus~ete acib d~e • tiae ~ . ~	~ . .	~ . . ~ ~ ~ . ~	~ : ~

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