I member w'en sum ob de slaves run 'way durin' slavery.

I dunno any tales; mah mammy wasn't a 'oman ter talk much. Maybe ef

she had bin I would hab had an easier time. As far as I know de

ex-slaves hab had diff'ent kinds ob wuk since dere freedum. No, I ain'

nebber se'd any ghos'. I'se bin in de woods en dark places, but didn't

see nothin', en I'se not goin' ter say I did kaze I might git

par'lized.

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