… Souf, when sugar wan’t worf but tree cents a pound in de big barrel. We had to do all dem tings; now we don’t, au’ its … man; he takes de word ob God wherever finds um. Dat Bible my massa had, an’ ‘twas given to de Ablishin’ minister in de … dis nigga ever seed. Once I had a happy home; I was fat as de possum, n’ didn’t work half so hard, nor live half …