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make me an offer; he said we could both stay 12 months, and we should have our clothes and board for my work. We both consented to the proposal, and at nine o'clock I was in the field at w ork.
The Best Of Homes
1 soon found it to be the best home 1 had ever had in all my life; we were so kindly treated. ! loved them all. I continued w ith them until the next May- He told me one morning that he would like me to continue with him. but his family was so large, he could not keep us. I told him that I was thankful for what he had done for me. He laughed, and said 1 was the best negro he ever had. I
I stayed there that day, wondering where I should go. I left there and went to Mr. Washington Burke’s to see about our things, and intended to go to Mr. Thornhill’s. but Mr. Burke gave me a job of ditching. After cutting the ditch, he and his family insisted on our staying there. We stayed there until after Christmas, and never received one cent for my w ork.
In the middle of January I
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