Ex-.slaVe Stories	~%Y~	250
(Texas)






de wet dirt. Dey sho‘ have to make de latch up high, so de bad chilien couldn‘t open dat doors

	“De pIant~at1on In Georgia was de whopper. I don‘t know ‘zactly h~ many acres, but it a b1~~ne. Us zn~ke eversrthing and t~n hides and make shoes, jes‘ like ail d.e big places did., De big house and de weav1n~ house and de tannin‘ yard and de sugar mill and slave quarters made a 11‘l town. Dere used to be some mighty big d.O1n~s t~eDe. De Connally men arid woina~ am t~:flus good lookers and mighty pop‘lar, and folkses come from far and. near to visit dem. LII de ‘portant men carne and ~11 de sasslety belles jes‘ drift to our place. Dere sho‘ lots of big balls and dinners and de house fix mighty fine dem times. De women wore d~ hoop skirts and de ribbons aild laces. My sissy was de best lookin‘ prom far and near, and all de gem‘mans want to dance with her. She shoe look like de quc~en you see tn de plctin‘e books and she have mighty high ways with folks, but she‘s mighty

~	good to ais here Ii‘I b1~ck bocr.

	ni ~o~s in de ‘buggy with Massa Cushi, up to Tennessee, to git his sons what been kilt or w~.nded. Massa Ned, he • dead, and Massa Charles ‚ h~ shot in de hip, and die after he git brung home. Massa Dick httrt~ too, bu.t he dtdn~t die,

	‘~Right after de Civil War, when Itm ‘bout nineteen, I cames to Texas with de Connallys, all what didn‘t git kilt In de waz. I st878 with Missy

: ~ ~7 till she die In Georgia. Her eon, Jones Connally, co~ to Brazos County, ::»~: ~ near Bx‘yan, a~d after dat removes to Eddy. I works for him two years and •

	has 1i~ed~ roend ~tdY ever since. De Connallys give me a house and lot in Ed.dy ~ $c~e de fOCI niggeru ‚ speeted a lot, but I waen‘ t w0r171fl‘ none. All I wa~ited



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