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Lewis report~that I~. Crovider w~s a very hard mastexbu.t ~ good one ~iaying,That it wasnt any use for the jatty-role~ (the Patrol) to come to r~arse Crowders, oatise he ~ould not permit hin~i d t1teoh one of his darkie~.

Mrs. Cro~~der, the oie mistis, had died ju~tbefore the war broke oat eu-id i~r. Cro;~der 1iv~d alone ~it} h1~ ~o~se 2ervants.

T1~ere :ere two yoiin~ Sons 1.~i the w~ir. ~he oldest eon, Col.
Crowder, was in Virginia.	


Lewis said that his rTa8ter whi~peUhim on1~r once and that was ~or stcaIin~. One Qay hen the old r~~a~ter w~ takin~ a nap,
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Lewis ifllfldlfl off t~e flies cnd thinking his n~arstox as1ee~ slipped over to t~e bi~ ta~b1e and snatched. sorne can4v. trust as he picked w a lurip, (it w~s TtrOCk candy,) V~hamI

~ ha3Le, ~nd when he ~ot througb, well, Lewis, didnt steal an:more c&ndy nor nothth,~ ~Liastah nevah~ took no ~ooI~isb~iess ~rorn his darkles.t


Lewis remernber8 very clearly when Mr. Crowder ~~ave his darkies their freedom. ~iLastah sont me end mi iamrn~~ out to the cabin to te11~11 de darki~ to come in to debi~ house. ~en they ~ot there, t~ere were ~o rr42ny that ~ ~:ere up on the porcI~, on t}-. e st ~s w:ic G~i1 over the yard. ~