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Tom Robinson
One man recollects the first sweet moments when he learned he was free.
"One day I was out milking the cows. Mr. Dave come down into the field and he had a paper in his hand. 'Listen to me, Tom,' he said. 'Listen to what I read you.' And he read from a paper all about how I was free. You can't tell how I felt. 'You're joking me,' I says. 'Naw, I ain't,' says he. 'You're free.' 'Naw,' says I, 'it's a joke.' 'Naw,' says he, 'it's a law that I got to read this paper to you. Now listen while I read it again.'"
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