"All my white folkses was good to me, and i reckon that i ain't got no cause for complaint. I aint had much clothes, and i ain't had so much to eat, and a-many a whupping, but nobody ain't never been real bad to me. "
Above is a exert from a ex-salve describing how her life used to be like. At first, She started by saying that her white folkses [owner] were good to her. than She continued by saying "i ain't had much cloth, and i ain't had so much to eat." This is weird to me because if i didn't have anything to eat or much cloth to wear, i would be freaking out. Afterward, she started to say "nobody ain't never been real bad to me." This whole statement didn't make sense to me. If you don't have much to wear nor much to eat, how can you say that no one had been bad to you? well this just comes to show how bad slaves had it back in the day.
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