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Rhoda (colored) live at Giers - the colored people who made the crop and all other there are at work helping Mr. Giers family. They want more now than they did when they were slave - about pay for their keeping.
Gooch sr lives at Miss. he work since crop was made - he was not willing to take me down.

Jem (colored) helped raise this crop of corn there are some 11 of us on the place, 4 able to work in field. Mr. Gooch raised the crop, and he cared for us during the time we made this crop - we earned not more than our board - were well taken  care of. Colored people or not Mr. Giers dont know that they are doing more than enough to pay for their board.