Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌⁠They asked us considerable many questions; wanted to know what we covered up the raft that way for, and laid by in the daytime instead of running—was Jim a runaway nigger? Says I:

“Goodness sakes, would a runaway nigger run south?”

No, they allowed he wouldn’t. I had to account for things some way, so I says:

“My folks was living in Pike County, in Missouri, where I was born, and they all died off bu