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Tis true we lived on the same plantation for we belonged to the same man  I promised brevity. Raised as a pet yet I am his father, Is attached &c This does not affect my right. I & wife humane &c  And shall this affect the paternity of another Law Abiding  And will this constitute him the guardian of other peoples children?  Give him the right to reenslave?  Now for Mr T  First these Never cared &c Never gave &c Never gave him for the last ten years &c. Why? [[?]] yrs ago old man Thomson died to whom Lucius belonged The estate was divided. All children 5 yrs old were taken from their mothers Lucius fell to said S Thompson who carried him to his own house some distance from me Shortly after I was given to my young Misstress who had married Smith who went in an opposite direction placing I and my son 30 miles apart. Would like to enlarge on this point but will not trespass on yr time and will simply add that it was never expected that the black man would either feed or clothe his children as his means were limited and on the other hand the black-man always relied upon the overseer so to do and they did do always almost without an exception it being both their duty and to their interest. So universal was this custom that the black-man regarded master as the provider of all their and the childrens wants and only when convenient did they contribute anything