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~ cofl~~ bread. ~je had ~1enty of vcgetables to E~Lt. fl old negro~ calied. “01e ~n Bent‘ calledus t? eat. ~e called himthe dinner bell because :~e ~‘:ould say nh-, God~äarn your blood Slid ~tS!! . ; . ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~— Out ClOtI~čE~ were made o~ jeense~nd iin4ey in winter. in tue sum mer we viore cotton clothes. They gave us shoes at Christmas . tî~e.~ were measured with stick~. Once I was warming my shoes on a. o~k~ log on the big fire ~1ace, they gell over behind the logs a~d burnt up. I ~dJ~dn‘t marry while on the pl~ntatiori4 ~ ~ ~. ~ : ~ ~ ~ : :

:;:y master and mistress lived in the big brick house of 15 rooms,~ with two long porches. One be1o~: and one below. My mistus was Miss L~icy L~lmore before she married. Her children were named Miss Mat, Liss
~n~rna ‚ and :~iis s Jenni e .	~ ~ ~	~ ~ ‚~ : . : ~:

I saw the slaves in chains after they were sold. The white~ ±~o1ks did not teach us to read and write. ~iehad church on the p1~ntat~oďi but we went from one plantation to another to hear preachin~T. t~h±te folks preacher‘ s name wa~ Reuben Lee, in Versa~lles.: ~ ~ Of th~ Baptist Church resulted in the first baptizing I ever saw. It was in Mr. Chillers pond. The preacher would say ~ am baptizing you ~n Mr. Chillers pond because I know he is an honest man‘ . I can‘t remember any
funeral .	~ .

I remember one slave named Adams who ran away and when he.~anie::

backmy old master picked. up a log from thf fire a~ hit hiIfl OV~r: the head. We always washed Up; ~.fld cleaned up for Sunday. Some time the older ones would get drunk. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ ~ ~ ‚ ~ ~ ~ .. ~ ~ ~. .

	On Christmas and New Yearsdaywe wouJ4go up to the house and they would give us candy and fruit and f±re-~crackera.~We were g±ve~i ~ .~ some of ail the food that the white folks had, even turkey.‘Woula have