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gyard de fuss ceased. One of de officers what spent de~Lnight dar lost his pocket book an‘ in it wuz seven greenback dollars, de fust I eber seed.
tt~ye wuz glad. ter be free even do‘ we had good white

fo1ks~ De imick hours wuz £xi~.im daybreak till c~ik, an~ de wirnrnens had ter card an‘ spin so much eber night. We had our own chickens an‘ gyarden an“ little ways of makin‘ money, but notso much fun.
tt~q~ played cat, ~.vhich wuz like base ball now, only

different. De children played a heap but de gro~ fofls v~ucked hard. De cruelest thing I eber seed wuz in

Raleigh atter slavery tim~ ‚ an‘ dat wuz a nigger whuppin‘. ttDe p illo ~r ~ ~ whar de co ~ rthou~e am now an‘ de

sheriff, Mr. Ray whupped dat nigger till he bi~d.. ‘tI neber seed a slave sale, an‘ I neber seed much

whuppin~s. I lamed some 1or~: wid de white chilluns,

‘specially how ter spell.

ttNo main, I doan know nothin‘ tOOUt witches, but I

\~ seed a ghost . Hit wuz near hyar, ~‚ hit wuz a. animal

~	as big as a ~rearlin‘ wid de look of a dog. I can‘t

~te1l you de color ôf it case I done left frum dar.
	B.N.	. ‚