In 1915 he goes 'way to cook for de road 'struction camp and dats de las' I'se hears of dat no 'count nigger!
Some of de marsters have what dey call stockades and puts dere heads and feet and arms through holes in a big board out in de hot sun, but our old driver he had a bull pen, dats only thing like a jail he had.
Well, dats a mighty long name and I been here a mighty long time.
I used to think we could make heaven down here, but if we jes' do right, dats all we can do.
Coase I dunno nuthin 'bout it, but dats wha' dey tell me.
Well, dats just where I was born back yonder befo' de war, a slave of old Marster Johnnie Simonton.
Dats all dats left of his grandness and greatness.
Dats de way I done till I ge' so I ne'er couldn't make it en den I hadder quit offen.
Her paw, he had b'longed to de Chicks, so dats who she wuz, Evvie Chick.
Marse Starke raised dem all up and dats how dey got his name.
Dats all dey knows, and iffen fokes would do dat now, dey wouldn't have no sassy chilluns like I sees here in Carlisle.
Dats de kind of food us slaves had to eat all de year.
Mr. Jess Adams, a good fiddler dat my husband like to hang 'round, told him he could take his name if he wanted to and dats how he got de name of Adams.
I has found dat if you gives to some poor folks, white or black, something a little better than they is used to, they is sho' gwine to think too high of theirselves soon, dats right.
De overseer was poor white folks, if dats what you is askin' 'bout, and dat is one thing dat made him so hard on de slaves of de plantation.
An' you folks dats so anxious to fight, git on off dis church grounds befo' you start.
Dats whut dey wus, en all dressed up in dem long white garments wid er red cross on em en ridin er big hoss.
Dats de way dat us made 'em in slabery times en de way dat us yit meks 'em.
Dats one thing whut er woman hed ter be in dem days er she sho be sold quick.
So he sont 'bout twenty famblies ober here end datshow us happened to come 'cause my pappy, he was a extra blacksmith and carpenter and ole mars knowed he gwine to haf to hab him to 'sist in buildin' de houses and sich like.
She was Ella Keith, dats zackly what her named when us married and she named fer Miss Fannie's ma.
But mark you, chillun, it's one ob our Virginia gen'men dats lookin' after tings.
We does keer jes as much as de white folks, but we can't help ourself, dats all.
No, sah, no danger; so you jes' go, dats what you do.
Dats whot you orter dun und dun fo yu jined," answered Clarissa deprecatingly; "jess gon und fotched all dis trubble on de lan fur nuffin.
Dats a mity heep ob promisin, white man," replied the negro suspiciously, "How menny shurrufs is yer agwine to hab in dis county?
Dat is de moest senserbulest fing you can doo; dats whot me und Ned dun und dun und now ole mars Jon is es happy es a cockerroche in er borrul of flour.
I'm agwine to stan betwixt yu und de jedge, dats who," replied Clarissa consequentially.
Yes, you, dats who, how many cents yu had most fo yer sence freedum cum in de lan, und yu is as ragged as a settin pefowell.
Yers ole po white trash, dats what my farder and my mudder ses you is, and us cullud ladies haint ergwine to mess wid you nary bit und grane.
I haint got no ladyship; dats whot I haint got, nur I haint ergwine to say amen to no sich dooins nudder," replied Clarissa poutingly.
Dats all right, den, when dos I git de munny und de sperrits, fore I wotes ur arterwurds?
Dats all de beatin' I ever 'ceived in slavery time.
I's just here today findin' out 'bout dat old age pension dats a comin'.
Mosser scratch he haid, and say, yes he know how Mr. Binyard drink, and mebbe datswhy de last bottle empty.
A short hoss is soon curried, so dats 'bout all I kin 'member to tell you now.
Lays down only 'bout two hours, dats nother way I is allus curious in de fac' dat at nights I allus has somethin ter do.
You know Callie, dats my old woman whats in de shack dar right now.
Atter us all sot free I just changed my name to 'Tines' an' dats what I been goin' by for nigh on to ninety years.
The boy shifted his oars one by one into the boat, laid his head over the water for a moment, when he whispered, "Dats a barge.
Dats how cum me ter com here on er count of one of my boys.
Ebery pussen on de place frum de littlest chile ter de oldest man er woman wud clean dey selves up en put on dey best clo's for ter "go befo de King", dats whut us called it.
We cooked greens in a wash pot jes like you boil clothes, dats de way we cook greens.
Dats zackly de way dey do Capn, jes lak curryin en fixin up mules fer ter sell, so dey look bettern dey actually is.
Dat place is over dere close to Jonestown and de very place dat Mr. Billy Jones and his son John bought, en dats zackly how come dat town git its name.
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