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know dat a man done steal all de provision, ef um 

 don' put up Obeah cha'm. Fo' truf, massa, ef um 

 don' let dat a man know dat um hab eha'm 'ginst him, 

 he done run way wiv ebry tings we hab ; now he know 

 it ain' no use, an' he done run way hisse'f. Massa, 

 um hab ben locus (local) preacher mahse'f, an' um 

 good Wes'lyun ; but lemme discose to yo', sah, dat 

 dey is t'ings dat de buckra gospel can' mek head 

 aginst, noway, an' de chiefest t'ing am dis same 

 Obeah ; an' de splanashun am jes dis : de buckra 

 'ligion am God's 'ligion, but de Obeah am de debil's 

 'ligion, so holp me truf ! " 



