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Part IV-Enslaved Mind (A freed slave's tale)
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Blackness I's free
pressdent sign a piece
o'paper dat pardons me
massa nomo owns my body
I's can farms my own land
I's can be my own man
nomo tell'n me wha tado
cuz I's no longa nobody's fool
I's can owns a house & my owns stoh
I's can can do anytang cuz I's no slave nomo
nomo whips nomo hits
now its a fair fights wit our fists
I's gon sang & praise my Gawd
cuz he has kept his promass & delivered me
from alls my troubles & miseries
I HAVE READ ALL OF YOUR 'SLAVES TALE SERIES'AND I MUST SAY YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME. YOUR WRITING IS SO MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, AND DIVERSE. YOU ARE JUST FULL OF SURPRISES.