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"The Dandridge Family History" original manuscript, 1971
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13 but He would not Have a crew to work back from the North So He got in Keokuk, Ia. He did not no where He was around 8 oClock at night He got off the boat meet a colord man by the Name of Robert Moten Rosa Dandridge Pryor remembers this man when she was a little girl He told my father this was a free State and He Had a job in the country cutting cord wood $20 cts a cord you Had to cut split, it rack it up 4 feet High 4 feet wide thay work 12 to 13 hours a day Father said He worked hard and that he was a good little man but Robert Moten was a giant of a man 6 foot 4 inches about 2.50 hundred
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13 but He would not Have a crew to work back from the North So He got in Keokuk, Ia. He did not no where He was around 8 oClock at night He got off the boat meet a colord man by the Name of Robert Moten Rosa Dandridge Pryor remembers this man when she was a little girl He told my father this was a free State and He Had a job in the country cutting cord wood $20 cts a cord you Had to cut split, it rack it up 4 feet High 4 feet wide thay work 12 to 13 hours a day Father said He worked hard and that he was a good little man but Robert Moten was a giant of a man 6 foot 4 inches about 2.50 hundred
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