nowed nothin' and |
| had nowhere to go. #Them# what had good massas stayed right |
| on.) # Page 14: too (niggers. There am 'bout 30 old and |
| young niggers and 'bout 20 piccaninnies too little #to# |
| work, and de nuss cares for dem while dey mammies works.) |
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| Page 28: way ("I stays with Miss Olivia till '63 when Mr. |
| Will set us all free. I was 'bout 17 year old then or more. |
| I #say# I goin' find my mamma. Mr. Will fixes me up two |
| papers, one 'bout a yard long and the other some smaller, |
| but both) |
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| Page 52: Mockbateman ("My pappy was Ike Bateman, 'cause his |
| massa's name am #Mock Bateman#, and mammy's name was |
| Francis. They come from Tennessee and I had four brothers |
| and six sisters. We jes' left de last part) |
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| Page 67: home-make ("Marster have de plank house and all de |
| things in it was #home-made#. De cook was a old cullud woman |
| and I eat at de kitchen table and) |
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| Page 85: bit ("Every year they have #big# Christmas dinner |
| and ham and turkey and allus feed us good. Us have Christmas |
| party and sing songs. That) |
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| Page 90: LaSan (slave born. My papa was Olivier Blanchard |
| and he white man carpenter on old plantation. We belong to |
| Clairville #La San# and all live on that place. My papa just |
| plain carpenter but could draw patterns for) |
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| Page 114: chilen (School. Dem was good times. De mistus cook |
| dinner and send it down for de old folks and #chillen# to |
| have plenty.) |
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| Page 147: bit ("Old massa's name was William Lyons. I didn't |
| have no old missus, 'cause he was a bachelor. He had a #big# |
| plantation. I don't know how big but dey somethin' like |
| twenty fam'lies of slaves and some dem fam'lies) |
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