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~en asked if Mr. Willis had the 81aV58 taucht to read and write, Henry hooted at the idea, saying emphaticafly, ‘?1~o, Marn, ‘01e

1 ~tarse‘ wuz sho hard. abotii dat. He said. ‘Niggers‘ wu.z made by de I good Lawd to work, and oriet when my Uncle stole a book and wuz

a trying to learn ~~ow to read and write, Marge Jasper h~d the ~ I white doctor take off my Uncle‘s fo~ finger right down tode

‘ft~8t jint‘. Marster said. he fixed dat darky as a sign ~o de

~	res Ui, ‘ems No, M.iss, we wu.zn‘t lamed!“

Mr. ~?illis allowed his slaves from Satu.rday at noon till Monday moriuin~ as a holida~r, ~nd then they always had a week for Christ— mas.• All of the Negroes went to meetin4 on &uaday afternoon in the white people‘s ohu.roh and were served by the white minister.

Henry says that they had. a “ciz~cu.it doctor“ on hi~ Marster‘s place and the doctor oar~ie around reßtilarly at least every two weeks, “oase Marster paid him to do ~o and~‘xamined evab darky biß ~nd little on dat plantation.“

One tir~e Eenry recalls that he “had a tu.rrible cowbtulkleTt on the back of hi~ neck and ‘marse‘ had the doctor to cut it open.
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I•tenry~kiaowd better den to holler ~nd cut u.p, too, when it ‘~ias done.

The old r:~a1i remembers ~oin~ to war With his young master and. renainii~ ‘~‘iith him for the two years he was in service. They were in Richmond vrhen the city 8u.rrendered. to Grant and soon after that the you.n~ master w~s killed in the fight at Tuinlin Gap. henry hardly knows ~ow he got baok.to “01e Marstertr Imt is thank—