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Updated: May 16, 2025
If he refuses to work the road, or to pay or list the poll-tax, he may be indicted, fined, and his labor sold to the highest bidder, precisely as in the old slave-times, to discharge the fine and pay the tax and costs of prosecution.
This was a crusher in that company, where riding stood high above any literary attainment; for the other had been a failure as a jockey. He tried to rally. "I 'll bet you a hundred dollars I can " Robin gazed at him witheringly. "You ain' got a hunderd dollars; you ain't got a hunderd cents! You would n't 'a' been wuth a hunderd dollars in slave-times, an' I know you ain' wuth it now."
After a moment's silence he said: "I'se mighty feared yer both right, Bre'er Berry. But it certain ar' a mighty easy way ter git wuk fer nothin', jes ter wait till de crap's laid by an' den run a man off kase he happens ter go ter a political meetin'! 'Pears like tain't much more freedom dan we hed in ole slave-times." "Did it ebber'ccur ter you.
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