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partrldee md. the rice birds he killed were cook~d for the white folks, The owls aad the rabbits and the coons ~uid the possums were cooked for

~	us. They had a big room for us to eat ii~. ~h~re th,y cook they h~.d a

~	long OVe~fl with ~. piece down the middle, They cooked th~ white folks things

I ou one side. They cookei their own things on th~ other, They had each ~ on~s pots t~nd~ sk1l1.~ts,

~	UI didn‘t pl:~y much with the bln.ck children. My t1nit~ went waiting

~	on my white folks,

~	USomstjines the priest c~xcie to say Mass. The si~i‘es went to Mass.

~	The priest married and bc.ptized the slaves. They gave a fe2st of baptizing.

.~ all h~i real b~ef meat th~t dny.

	“When ray melna had 22 years she ra~rrie~ ~. Polite Landry ~1~ve. Then : she went to th~ Landry pl&.ntation. There was often marr~r1ng between the

~‚ two plantations. When they married the wif~ went to her man‘s plantation.

~	That in~de no difference. It woildn‘t be long before a girl ~r~m the other

! place marry into the man‘s plantation. That kept things in balance. ~ “My mama m~&rri~d Fairju.ste Willi~~ms. They had two sons ~nd a


~	~~tei‘, I didn‘t know th‘~rn so niuch. They were h~l! brotheis 2nd sister. ~ “I h~d 22 years when wr~r cnme. You know what war I rne~n. Th~ war

~	wh~n the s1~ves were set free. I wasn~ botheired about fre~edorn. Didn‘t

~	leave master till be died, Th.~n I went to work for Mr. Polite La~dry.

;;	‚‘ I was ~ ~ ~ haflds. Some s1~v~s ware treated b~d. M‘~.

•:. Natale Valle~2l beat up a slave for ste~1ing. He heût him so hard he l~y

~	in front of the gate ~. whole d~y and the night.

“I worked on. farms all my life. Then I came to Baumont. About

~	23 years ago., it was. I work~d at anything. Now I‘m to~ old. I live
	with ray daug±iter,	*******	~     ~