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Chapter 1- Today

Chapter 2- Today NightJohn came. Waller brought him to the farm he had all kinds of marks over his body. When he was also naked, Waller made work naked. When Waller brought he was roped and he yelling and swearing at him. Chapter 3- Today was good day. I got some tobacco from NightJohn and I`m learning how to read. NightJohn Says reading we use the alphabet. If we get caught reading we will whipped till are skin hangs. Chapter 4- Today was a bad day. Alice got whipped because she was in the white house. Then the master caught and whipped her. Today mammy caught me and John reading Chapter 5- I learned my first word today. John taught me how to write "BAG". I was writing it in the dirt and Waller came and saw me. He asked me "who taught you how to write". I told him "I don`t know nothing bout writing". Then he started to beat me. He was punching me kicking. Chapter 6-end- John had called me over to where he lay and said H. The new letter I learned was H. Manny came over and started smiling. He told me to get some rawhide to make some shoes. Two nights later he was gone. He was gone for a whole season. When he came back he took me to his school. He school was in a ditch.