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	E~c.SLAv:E STORIES	P~e One
(Texas)

1~ASH WILSON; 94, was born a slave of Tom Wilson, in Louis— iana, near the Œwhita Road. Vlash and his family were purchased by Bill Anderson, who brought them t o Robertson Co., Texas. Wash lives in Eddy, Texas.




	t‘ I was ~ tout eighteen years old when de Civil ~ar c orne . Us c*t,1 is it de Freedom ~ar, I was born in Louisiana, clost to de Œwchita Road, and Marse Toni Wilson owned mammy and us chilien. ~it Mars. Bill Anderson he come from Texas to bxy us from Marse~ Torn. Marse rom, he ‘lowed de ~ov~rr~cnt gwine let dein daran Y2nkees cive de South a whuppin‘ and dere wasn‘t gwine be no slaves nowhere, But Marss Bill say we‘s a likely bunch of chilIen and tnaniiny am a gr~rid cook, so guess he take de reek.

	“Marss Torn starts to Texas where he had. a passet of l~nd~ Us was sold on ~ie block to him, ‘cause ~arse Tom say he gwlne git all he done put in us out us,~ iffen he can ‘fore de Yanks take dis counti~?,

	“Mammy was nanied Julia Wilson Sis Sa117 was oldest of us chilien, den brucider Harry and ins. Marge Bill be had 27,000 acres of land i~ Robertson• County what he git for fightiù‘ Indians and sech. He lived in seven mfle of Calvert, Texas, and dat where he brunged us nd de eu~pplies and s,ch, Us traveled in ox carts and hose back, and de ~ us niggers walked.

	.	“Us was sot free on :e road to Texas. Us camp one nicht and corne folks corne talk with }~arse Bill. De next mornin‘ he told as, ‘Boys, you‘s free as I Is.‘ Us was only tbout sixteen mile fro~nwhere us gwlne and Marse Bill say ‚ t All what w~m t t o et ay wi th ins can • ‚ ~ Us d ‘ t know n obody and didn ‚ t
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