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dey was ~ood‘na.

	“When I got big ‘nough to work I he‘ped ‘roun‘ de lot most~ lyr. Fac‘ ii Ibe forked right ‘roun‘ white folks mos‘ all my days. I did work in de fiel‘ 8onie, b~t u~ hud a good overaeer. Hi8 name was }ktrao Frank Beeks an‘ he was good as any white man dat ever lived. I dortt never ‚ member him whippiri ‚ one ‘ d e s lave8 ‚ 1 eastways not real whippin‘s. I do ‘member hearin‘ ‘bout slaves on other places gittin‘ whipped sometimes. I guese Niggers lak dat wished dey was free, but I didn‘ want to leave my white folks, ever.

	“U8 kiWi preachin‘ an‘ sirigin‘ . Dey was some mighty good meetiu‘e on de place. Old Daddy Young was ‘bout de bee‘ preacher us ever had. Dey was plenty o f Niggers dere, ‚ cause it was a power— fui big place. Old paddy co uld sho ‚ make ‚ em shout an‘ roll. tie have to hoi‘ some of ‘em dey‘d git so happy. I knowed I had ‘ligion when I got baptized. Dey took me out in de river an‘ it took two of ‘em to put me under. When I corns up I toi‘ ‘em, ‘turn me loose, I b‘lieve I can walk right on top o‘ de water.‘ Dey don‘ have no ‘ligion lak dat nøw-a-days.

	“All de Niggers on de Tatun place had dey own patches where dey could plant what ever dey wanted to. Dey‘d work ‘ein on Satu‘d‘ya. Then dey sol‘ anything from dey patch Mistis ‘wi let ‘em keep de money. When de boats went down to Mobile us could sen‘ down for anything us want to buy. One time I had $10.00 saved up an‘ I bought lote o‘ pretties vid it. Us always had plenty t‘eat, too. All de greens, eggs, wheat, corn, meat, an‘ chitlina dat anybody‘d
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