as 200 miles an' when de  Master had to go and fetch him back, he'd get

awful mad.. One day he went for him, but when he got back he took him

to a shed an' took all his clothes off an' beat him with a blacksnake

whip.  I 'membah dat lak it was yesterday an' dat boy didn't run away

no mo'.

        We didn't never have no experience with the soldiers, 'cause

we was all freed when de was about half over.  De Master got very poor

an' mean, my mammy used to take food to him an' care for him till he

died. He was a good man an' when dey say dat all slaves was treated

lak animals dey don't know what dey is sayin'."




			

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Ex-Slave Narratives

Julia Gardner, Ex-Slave Narrative