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wäir~~ped• Oolonel Blask, her first ~rster, wue liar ftther an‘ when he seat broke h~ had to 9511 her. ah€~n he went brckm he pat kter on de blosk ~ lu d~i deys dey put slaves on ds blosk to sell ‚~ jes‘ like dey io horses an‘ znu1~ - he y

to de gentlemen ~thIred ‘rouuz ‘Dis Is my nigger an‘ my shl1e~ she la a nidwlfs

an‘ a extz*oldtMry w~ier an‘ whoever buys her J~a a got to prxnl se to treat h~‘

like a white chile.‘ My ~mter bought her an‘ lie tre~:ited lier Ilk. she w~~• whits,

too.	He never did try to hit fler an‘ he wouldn‘t let nobody else bit her. ~? ~ always had a plenty to eat en‘ it we didn‘t ~s‘d go out In ac~iebody‘a

~sture an‘ kill a hog or sheep an‘ clean ‘ila by a brt~noh an‘ den hldsds raat In de woods or in de løft of de houso. .~ome of de white folks v#ould 1~rn you

how to steal turn other tolke. ~oz~et1zixs ol‘ zrarater would say to one o‘ usg ‘l3last you you better go out an‘ riunt aie a hog tonight an‘ put lt in ~ ~ke~ h3uae - dey can BeSl‘Oh you nl~ers‘ houses but dey can‘t aesrsh alas.‘

“Once a we&c de i~rster give us three pounds of pork, a t~a1.t geilon o‘ iyr~,

an‘ a peck o ‚ meal. Y ou 113 d t o i~ve a garden ooiiaeoted ~ Id ye ‚ house fer yo‘ v.getab1~a. De n~rster would let you go out In de woods an‘ eut you as lazg. a sp~oe as you panted. If you tailed to plant, lt wue 3es‘ yo‘ bad 1uek~ If you wanted to you oould esil de corn or de tobaoso or az~ythli~g sise dat you raia~ to de ~rater an‘ he would pay you. ‘Course hs suen‘t goin‘ to ~y you too auoh fer it.

	~A11 de slaves lad to *œk - ~ i~y mother wus a plow ~n‘. ~11 de agog ~a an‘ women had to tei4 to de hogs an‘ de cows an‘ do de w~yin‘ an‘ de aewin‘ • ~Om.t lass

01~ mz~reter ~cu1d Ist u~ Lave a frolic an‘ we souiti danee all night If ~e wanted to as 1on~ as ~e w~ ready to go to de tl~1‘ when de overseer b1o~ed de bugle ‘to day

nez‘ zitornin‘. De fiel‘ I~n‘a kad to git up early snuff to fix dey br~kf~e‘ bsfo‘ ds~~ tuent to de fiel‘. s C~j]~]~ took dinner to ‚ at twjy o‘elosk. Ùe used baskets to take de dinner In, an‘ large pails to take ds milk in. Dey 1~d to fIx ~p4 tsr dey esive. when dey 1.t‘ de fiel‘ at dark.