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Allen au Miss Betsy ~Lartin (she was the granddaughter of Governor Martin)

	~Sometinies Miss Bet~ytd git worried with

little nigguh rolling roun on de floor thub hader under her feet, an‘ she‘d say: ttGway~ GwayU Gway fum hyuh~ Gway tub Pain1icc~ An. the little nigguhs‘d say: AMiss Betsy, whahta~Pamp1icoV‘

	~Nine miles tother sede o‘ heliX“

	“Yesin Mr. Sam Allen learn‘t me my lettérs. He was crippled. He married a Grogan, an‘ two Allen girls married Grogans — one ‚ L~ary I ~r ~ Val ‚ s father was William Allen. .. I went to Mr • Vaul Allen ‚ s fimeral an he was . buried on his fatherts oie place ‚ an ~:iss Betsy too.

	.	~How de cullud fokes did hate to be sold down south in de cotton country! One time oie Marse j imtny Sc ales wuz go se 11 uh hunduhd down south ‚ and he died, an‘ all de cullud fokes wuz glad he died. dause he ~iiz go sell um, an oftuh he died, day didxi!t haiftuh be sold way furn home.

	“One slave woman wiiz so id way funi home ~ ~ had

three . chiliun ‚ and daze s ix an e ight an ten yuhs ole.

She sa~ a song juss f0 day tuh hub off. She put her
t1ix~ öhiidren between her knees..	She sung, ‘~Lo rd., Be
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