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&h knows Massawon‘ gon do no~~n‘ ‘tuh me.

	What ah know ‘botet whippin ‚ . Well. ah am ‚ had uh whippin ‚ in ~y life. But ah hear tel o ‚ how dey whips um though . Yuh know dey uster tek dat cowhide an‘ cut ‘em till dey backs beeds. Some jes‘ lak see de bleod run down. Better not cry neider.. Mek yuh holler, ‚~ prayoh prayf~&uldn‘t say nottin‘ else. But Liassa Scott neber had none dat kinder stuff on his place. He say tain‘t right. Didn‘t ‘low no paddyrollers ‘round eidèr. Say dey “trechous“. Massa Nottin‘harn neber had ‘em on his place neider. He didn‘ neber strike one o‘ his niggers; no~ body else better not neider.

	Honey, ah teh yuh ah growd jee ‚ as good‘ s ~jiy il‘ in dis country. O ‚ Missus Scott gimn~e good clothes; cose ah didn‘t git ‘ein rnone twice a yeah, but dey‘s good when ah gîte ‘em. She ginnnte Sis‘ dresses. Sist one ob Missue‘ 1~H—‘-±e girls. An‘ de whi ~ chillun dey learn rae how tuh read, too. Cose de whi ‚ •:~ foflc~ din wan‘ yuh to learn. Ah ‘member jes‘ &8 dare as yes-tidy how one dem chillun learn me how tuh read “cornpr ‚~ ss~i—b11ity“. Thought ah waø suppin‘ den! Ah kin read Bible 1il~- now but ah can‘ write; neber learn tuh wr~te.

~	Old ah eber go tuh church? Cose ah di&~ Vient ret ‘long wid Missus‘ chillun. Had tuh set in de back, but dat won‘ nottin‘. My moimner, she went tuh church too.

~	Sometime de ol‘ folk uster git toge~er in de quater-kitchen tuh shout an‘ pray.

~	Date where my mommer git ‘ligion. She kinder tender ‘omaricouldn‘ stan‘ dat~ preachin~ no longer.

~‚ What ‘bout muh peppy? Dat‘s suppin‘ ah am‘ toi‘ yuh ‘bout. Well, yuE know ~incle Stephen, he kinder overseer fa‘ some widow ‘omans. Hé Môninier husband.He come see muh mominer ~jiy time he gi t s ready. But ah 1‘ out he ai n ‚ muh pappy. Ah knowd dat since when ah‘ s a li 1 ‚ thin‘ . Ah uster ja ovur tuh rnass~ Wil 11am‘ s plantation. Dey tell me all ‘bout. De folks ober dere dey uster say tuh me, “Who ‚ s yuh pappy? Who‘ a yuh pappy? ~ Ah jee ‚ say “Tuckey. buzzard lay me an ‚ de sun hatch me ~ an‘ den .gWan ‚ bout my bÙei~nes s • Cose a 11 de ti~xie dey knows an‘ ah know.



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