‚ Ex~.s1ave Stories	P~sge Two	. 161
 (Texas)





	“My ruotner was naa~d Millie an~ my dathly named Daniel. I don‘ know how r~xiy ni~gers missus have on the p1~ntation. I was never ‘lowed to p1~y with the cullud chilien, but I have two brothers n~m~d Abr~jn and H~xidy ~nd I seed tli~rn sometimes. I took care of the white chi11~n and took tem to church. If±‘en baby ~1t to cryin‘ I walked rounct with hie, but you better be careful not to let th~ briar scratch him or he git a scar on tii.in and then they gwinter put a scar on you.

	ltTney ‚glve me pretty clothes to wear and make rn~ k~p c1~.n and

expectable. T wore homespun and gingham dresses, just cut straight down. They didn‘ bave no sewin‘ ~chine. They have a woman to cut out and sew and she do that ~11 day long.

	~My white folks have nighty nice company. M~r missus up on the top. They have nice, fine, intelligen‘ dishes and t9ble cloth.

	“They give us holiday on Christmas and somet unes a whrle week. They treat the white chilien and black chilien all good and give ~em whippin‘ iffen the~r needs it. When there‘s disturbance, missus holler, ‘You. all chilien, come in here to me,‘ end whtp us all, then sh~ know shc whip the right ones

	“I seed thestars fall. G~od give me e~ good. eyesight. The sun wa~ shinin‘ and it was plain dayi Ight and. tn~ star s fall jus ‚ 1 i1c~ hail, oi1ly they never fell all the w~y t O the groun‘ . Th4~y fall so far arid then they stop a~d go out. They stay up in the element all the time. l4issus sent for the niggers to come up to the house and. pray. All that time the stars was a~comin‘ through thi‘ element. All the darkies, little

~nd big ‚ was a...preyin ‚ Ofl their kn, ‚ cause they thing the j edgment ‘

COme then,	~