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uBe~a get mulberry ].eavee to feed. de silk worms wtd. Ug used indigo, wriich us cooked an‘ used for dye. Us would wear any kind or clothes on everyday an‘ Sunday; an‘ didnt have no shoes ~tfl us wae big ek~i11uns.

	“01‘ Maretei‘ an‘ 01‘ Mistus, Mr. Biflan‘Miee.Lucylngram, lived i_fl a big weatheri~boarded house wid a wide hail an‘ a chimney at eacti
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end. De kit~~ten was of ~. f~ fi‘ om4 ~. e ~ de house.

	UI ‘members dat de overseer useta Whipma!flmyafl‘pappy, ‘Ca~8e dey fignt so m€).3h. ~ie useta take my mammy to de carriage to whip ner. 1~iarster was in de war den. Wnen he come home, de overseer tuk mammy by
	de 1~ian ‚ t o de h ous e an t eli Marst er ‚ bout		‘ to whip her • He ‚ d

jest shake his head, sad‘lak. He was mighty good to all of us.

	“My gran‘pappy waa put in de speculator drove, put on de block
	an• sold.	‚

	UI t members dat Mistus read de Bjlyle to US an ~ my mammy was converted by de white preac~ier. lie baptized tiers De colored folks used de white church an‘ set in de back.

	‘An‘ honey, dey skiorely did have good times dancin‘onSattidy night s ; an ‚ somet ime e dey would dance ‚ till Sunday mor‘nin ‚ . When de

~	corn needed shuckin‘ ‚ it was hauled up near de crib, an‘ on a purty Ifloonhigrited night Marster would pass ‘roun de likker. It wouldn‘t

~	be long ‘tu dey was all happy an‘ had. what dey called a general. De general led all de hollers an‘ songs. Dey ~horely did get dat corn Chucked fast ‚ too.

	°Gran‘mammy was a great doctor; useta give us turpentine an‘ cas— ter oil an‘ Jerusalem oak ter worms. She‘d give us all kinds of teas, to0, I‘members dat g:ran‘mammy was also a midwife.

	“De Yankees corned through de yard in May an‘ toi us : ‘!ou‘ ~ De Ya~eps wasn‘tso~o~Je~ hung my mammy up in de smokehouse by her thumbs; tips of her toes jest touchin‘ de floor, ‘ca~se she wouldn‘t