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lashed an‘ treat•d,eo~re of ‘Sm, jes as pitiful an‘ unmerciful. Lords

Lord ~ baby ‚ I hope yc ‚ young to ‘ke wil 1. never know what slavery I s ‚ ~

will nover suffer a. yo ‚ forepare!~ts. “O God God ~ I ‘m livin ‚ o telL de tale to yo‘, honey. Yee, Jesus, yo‘ve spared me~~‘For clothin‘ we wer,L“~lowed two suite a year ~ one fer spring, an‘

one fer winter ‚ ~ w~s all yo ‚ had. De underclothes wer2.~ made at home.

Yo‘ also got two paire of ehoes an‘ homeaad• hats an‘ capi. The white fo/ke or your slave owners would teach dem who could catch on easy an‘

dey would teach de other slaves, an‘ d~Øts how dey kept all slaves clothed. Our summer hate w•r~i-niado out of plaitsd straw; ‚$d.rdotbes made out of sacks an‘ bags.

	w.	had plenty of food ee~h se ‘twasAcort*readP buttermilk, sweet ~ot~itoes~ i~n week da~e. ~Ia ~ ~ I ho~oy, ~ues~ d~t:a ‘~ihy ntg:~ero don‘t lIke cornbread toda~r; dey got a di3lIke for dat bread from baok fo~ke. On Sunday we had biscuite, and sometimes a little extra food, which ol~—~ Wieteee would eend out to Mother fer us.

?er as I think, jf$ elavery had ;lai3ted ‚ it would have been pretty
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tough. 1~.B it ~‚ goyflo fared good, w~1ie othf~re fared co~on. You know,

slaves ~iho ~erL beat an1 treated bad; some of dein had atz~rted gittin‘ to~ geth~r an ‚ kil lin ‚ de white ~‘olke when dey o~rried dem out to de fie id to work. God ~ e puni&iln‘ corne of dem 01 ‚ suckers an ‚ thel r CM hun right now ter da wa~/dey use to treat us poor Solored fo‘ke,

	I think by Negro gittln‘ educated he hats profited, an1 die here younger generation is gwine to take nothin‘ off 4e.. here poor white f when de~r don‘t treat dem right, cause r~ow die country le a free country; no slavery now.