“Yes, ser, I see three of ’em sole one day fer two thousand dollars a-piece; yer see dey ware men grown up.”
“Did you select your wives?”
“Dunno what you mean by dat word.”
“Did you pick out the women that you wanted?”
“O! no, ser, I had nuthin ter say ’bout dat. Marser allers get ’em, an’ pick out strong, hearty young women. Dat’s de reason dat de planters wanted to get my children, kase dey ware so helty.”
“Did you never feel that it was wrong to get married in such a light manner?”
“No, ser, kase yer see I toted de witness wid me.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Why, ser, I had religion, an’ dat made me feel dat all ware right.”
“What was the witness that you spoke of?”