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	.“All enthirln of de war times, Marse ~Ibm he neber raised no cotbn er tall bwt Instid. he raised de wheat ‚ ~ de corn en hogs fer de Confed.rit s ‚ en d~e baggage waggths wud curn from tinte ter time fer de loads of flour, en meal en meat dat he wud sen ter de army. De Y~ikees. ~imhow dey missed u.s place en r~ber did. fin hit, en do de d.amage er bruning en sich dat I is heard dat

~	dey &ne in places in ot1~r parts of de Btate. We ai]. heard one time dat de Yankees waz closeer rouri en wuz on de way ter b~irn Maree ~m‘s mill btit dey got on de wrong road. en day neber did git ter ou.r place, en tie .sho wuz proud er dat too. Tit en still atter de war ober, Marse Torn, he had. bout four hum &red bales er cotton on han at de barn en de Yankee govment dey sho tu.k dat en didn‘t pa~ him er bit fer dat cotton. I knows dat ter be er fac.

	“I m~nbers de war rail well, kase ye see, I wuz bout twelve year old when hit ober. En de last two er three years of de tru.bble I wu~ big enuf ter be dom sum wuk, so dey tuk me In de big house fer ter be er waitin boy round. de house, en I slept in dar too on er pallit on de floor, en er lot er times de Calvary sojer~ ~&id stop at Marse Tom‘s en spen de nite, en I wud be layin on de pallit but wucin‘t be sleep, en I cud hear dem tal kin ter Marse Tom, en Marster he w~d ax dem how de fite cumin on, en iffen dey whippin de Y~ikees, en de Calvary sojers dey say dat dey whippin de Yankees ebery day en kuhn ~ eth out, en Marse Tor~i he sey “Yo is jes er big lie, how cum yo runnin er way iffen yo whippin dem Yankees? Dem Yankees is atter yo, en yo is runnin frum em data whu.t yo dein. Yo know yo amt whippin no Yankees kase if yo w~iz yo wud be atter dem rite now stid dein atter yo“. NO sir, dem Calvaz~‘ sojers cusin‘t fool Maree ~Qm.

	“Tee Sir, I tell yo, Capn, de slabes dey fared well wid. Marse Tom Davis, en dere wudn‘t r~ber ben no war ober de slabery question iffen every body ben lak Marie Tom. All his peoples wuz satisfied en dey didn‘t eben know