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Ihey said they might steal me* After I got grown they let me go to a
colored party and they shipped ma for going* Tried to make me tell
whether or not a boy come home with me but I did not tell it; one cone
with me though* That was the first time I got out* Of course they sent
one of the boys along with me but he would not tell on me*
" I never slept in a bed until I was twenty-two years old* Never was
with any colored people until I was grown* Vty play was with white child-
ran* My father was a white man* He was my ma's old master and they was
Neals* They kept my hair cut off like a boy f s all the time* I never wore
a stocking until I was twenty-two and my hair did not grow out and get
combed until I was twenty-two* My old master and mistress would have been
mean to me but I was so smart they did not get a chance* The only thing I
was treated like a dog«
"I live in Junction City but am here visiting my daughter**
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