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(Texas)


~	JAKE TEPRIELL ‚ bo rit a s]. ave of
~‘e1ix Terriell In R~~1e1~h, ~~2~ik1
(~aro1in~, does not know his age.
~ ~ ({~~	He was grown and married at the
	%\J~-~	close of the Civil War, so is
	~	probably i~ the 90‘s. He lives
	ç~	In Maclisonville, Texas.





	“Pa~y end. iaarnmy was called Torn and Jane an~1 the7‘s cotched In Africy ~d bruyig to Asnerica and sold, My brother was callec~ James and my sisters L~~1~dy and Sally. Massa Felix Terriell owned me ~nd pe:ppy and mammy but wh€~i I‘s still a chile h~ dr~e give me to he son, Massa Dalton Terriell~ ~

	“My papy was de wild man aiad he so wild Z4~ssa Felix h9ve to keep him 1ock~d. up at night and in de chains by day to keep him from nl.nnin‘ off. He had to wear de chains In rIe ~‘ield and. den hé couldn‘t run fast.

	“Massa Dalton crowed de tobaccy. He was a good massa arid give me de nickel and de dirne s~rnetime and. I‘d buy candy. He have lots of slaves and de cook fix our grub in big old skillet . We allus have de cornbread and d.c synip and some meat. I likes possum cooked with sweet t t at ers,

	“Missy Ma17 try la.rn me read ~rnd write but I never &id care

for de book pru~ . Massa wa)ce us ~ bout four o‘ clock with de great iron and hammer and us work long p.s us could sees

“Massa didi‘t haire to ~~iip us but I seed pi~çpy whip, with

de rawhide with nine tails. He got thirty-.nine licks and every lii, it brt~ng de blood.