EX—slave Stirles	Page Tw.
(Texas)







	“Us sut t•wi saplin‘s de right size ta fasten ti~ether at dc end. and stiek dein i~a hiles in de wall, te naake de bed. Us use Iaee euwhide stri3a~5 er anykind ripe aunes ~e poles t. h.ld. dc bed up~ Den.put hay ii‘ tim shucks and a Iittl, sottiit in dc ticks, T

	HUe eat bauen and e,rnbread and greens, but de white filke had. r*sre‘n better, Dey dldntt have t. eat string victuals like us; us have t, ept surnethin~ t~ stick t. de ribs, Right ~beut de tirne dis state cime t, be dc United Stat“~, ~nd de Med.sa.ns rai5int d.c .ld billy, us cisk mist usual in de fireplace ~nd have •vex~s by dc sIde to i~ake bread, and cranes fir dc pits.

	““Us slaves used pii~e torches and esactiracs a little bit if candle, De wiraen n~ke ~l I dc candles demeelves fir dc white fslke, Us• didn‘t need much ll~ht at nicht, ‘sauce us tired ~!ter de 1en~ day, w,rkint frea can see ti ca~‘t eee, and us ~it i~ dc bed earl:r,

	III w,re shirt tail till 11s f.urt~en, den dc hemespun britches and shirt. Lly weddin‘ suit was de dark jeans and I was fix up fine as any nigger in dc plantattin. She wire white and riassa fix supper and. gît de fiddler and ~ll sieh,

	11Massa have Jihn to •versee, and he shoe de stepper~ He be every place yiu didn‘t think he gwine cerne. H~ have de big, bisra viles aid allus sligin‘ ‚ and wail, ‘Luk aling, black iian, luk alin~, dci‘s triuble e imli ‚ shi ‚ • I Iffen d.c black biy ix‘ wiman lying in dc sin nw, dey e~tt up quick aid be mighty bust right sun, ‘cause dat black sn~e whip reach fir dcii, Dey scramble deyseif tigether and be d.c buslest in de • bu**th by tiae J.b* git . .
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