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	My father2 ~aatsr to]. ‚ him he could farm orte ha! fer ‘ tother an‘ when time rolled ‘roun‘ fer dem ‘viding crope h. took &n‘ give to him hie part like any honiet man would &o. A~, Lor~~ child, dem wuz terrible times too, oh it makee me shudder ~en I think of eom• elaves had to stay in de wooda an‘ git long beet way dey could after freedom done bin‘ dared; ~OU eee elavee who had ~iean easter would rather be dar dan whar dey lived. By an‘ by God opened a way an‘ dey got wid other elavee who had huts. You aee, after Ui‘ render no white folks could keep slavee. Do yo‘ know even now, honey, an‘ dat done bin way bac‘ yonder, de~e 01‘ white folks think us poor colored people i~ made to work an‘ slave fer dem, look dey amt give you no wages worth nuthin‘. Gal cook all week fer two an ‚ three dollars~ ~ow can you live off it, how kin, ~Ir kin ye ‚ 7

	~y father waited on soldiers and after de e‘render dey carried hia an‘ his brother as fer as ~aehington D.C. I think we all use to say den,“~asbington CityJint you done heard folks talk ‘bout dat city? ‘Tie a grade big city, daus whar de President of dis here country stay; an‘ in bac‘ daye it ~us known as ‘vidin‘ lin‘ fer de North an‘ South. I done hear de~ white folks t.l1 aU ‘bout dea things~gdis line. Ai I wus tellin‘ you, hÔs brother wuz kept, but dey sent father bac‘ home. Uncle S~encer wuz left in Prince ~illians County. All his chillun ai“ still dar. I don‘t know de name of Yankee who carried him off.

	Lord, Lord, floney, de~i times too over sad‘cause Yankees took lote of slaves aw~y tRi‘ dey Made homee,An‘ whole heap of families beL eight of each other. ~I know of a case whar after hit wuz ten years a brother an‘ sister lived side by sida an‘ didn‘t know dey wuz blood kin.~

	~Ly views ‘bout de chilltrn in dem bac‘ days is dat dese here chillun what is now coatin‘ up is too pisen brazen fer m..

	No4 je.‘ isa ~e tell you how I did I aarz~•d when I vuz 14 years old. Sc) help me God, I didn‘t know what marriage meant. I had an idea when you loved do ~ 701L au‘ he could be aarried an‘ his wife had to cook, clean up, wash2 an, iron fer him was aI].. I slept in bed he on his side *~‘ T s~ ~ fer