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Reckon somebody livin' on my lan' now. "One of de rights of bein' free was dat us could move 'roun' and change bosses. But I never cared nothin' 'bout dat. "I hear somebody say us gwine-a vote. What I wanta vote for? I don' know nothin' 'bout who is runnin'. "I draws a Federal pension now. If I lives' til nex' year I'll git $125 a mont'. It sho' comes in handy.
When de sojers come dey turnt us loose lak animals wid nothin'. Dey had no business to set us free lak dat. Dey gimme 160 acres of lan', but twant no 'count. It was in Mt. Bayou, Arkansas, an' was low an' swampy. Twant yo' lan' to keep lessen you lived on it. You had to clear it, dreen it, an' put a house on it. "How I gwine-a dreen an' clear a lot o' lan' wid nothin' to do it wid?
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