The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina. [Edited by W. M. S.]CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1862 - 50 páginas The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina by John Andrew Jackson, first published in 1862, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... mistress , whom I feared above all persons , as she used every means in her power to spite me . The reason for this was as follows : -When I was about ten years old , I and her son were digging for hickory root to amuse ourselves with ...
... mistress , whom I feared above all persons , as she used every means in her power to spite me . The reason for this was as follows : -When I was about ten years old , I and her son were digging for hickory root to amuse ourselves with ...
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... mistress also had four sons , James , Robert , Thomas , and Mack . James English , a member of Brick Church , was as bad as any of them ; he was married when I was little . I worked on his 66 plantation once , driving oxen , and I will ...
... mistress also had four sons , James , Robert , Thomas , and Mack . James English , a member of Brick Church , was as bad as any of them ; he was married when I was little . I worked on his 66 plantation once , driving oxen , and I will ...
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... mistress looking on and saying , " That's right , put it to her , cut her all to pieces . " Among other things , the mule I had to plough with was a very vicious one , and used sometimes to kick the plough out of my hands . Once , as ...
... mistress looking on and saying , " That's right , put it to her , cut her all to pieces . " Among other things , the mule I had to plough with was a very vicious one , and used sometimes to kick the plough out of my hands . Once , as ...
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... mistress . He cut his back with a lash in which wire was interwoven . That evening , old Peter went to the house , and told his mistress that Burl Quiney had cut his back to pieces , because he told Peggy to do as much as the other ...
... mistress . He cut his back with a lash in which wire was interwoven . That evening , old Peter went to the house , and told his mistress that Burl Quiney had cut his back to pieces , because he told Peggy to do as much as the other ...
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... mistress , and told her to come and stop Burl Quiney from beating papa ; and as she was coming , the slaves cried out to her , " Come on quickly , missus ; Burl Quiney is going to kill Uncle Peter ! " She answered , " What can I do ? go ...
... mistress , and told her to come and stop Burl Quiney from beating papa ; and as she was coming , the slaves cried out to her , " Come on quickly , missus ; Burl Quiney is going to kill Uncle Peter ! " She answered , " What can I do ? go ...
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The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina. [Edited by W. M. S.] John Andrew Jackson Vista completa - 1862 |
Términos y frases comunes
Anderson asked bit of pay bondage Boston brother brought Burl Quiney C. H. Spurgeon called catch Church coming day corn cotton fields cowhide death escape father favourite fifty blows fifty lashes freedom gave Glory hallelu hallelujah heard HERALDS OF FREEDOM hind-wheel roll hogs horse hundred lashes hymns James English Jenny John Andrew Jackson John Ashmore judgment day kicked kill lectured Louisa M'Farden married massa master minister mistress morning mother Mount Zion Chapel murdered nigger-house niggers night Old Peter ordered overseer Peggy pick cotton plantation plough pony rascal replied roll by faith rolls like judgment sail thro Salem SAMUEL FESSENDEN sister slave girl slaveholder slavery songs soon sorrow and woe South Carolina steal stow Suboy sung swamp tell thirteen dollars Thomas English told trade vessel White Sulphur Springs whole world round wife wild turkeys WILSON STREET
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Página 14 - They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Página 48 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 42 - While the sound of their waitings together arise ; They shriek for each other, the child and the mother, In sorrow and woe. The harsh auctioneer, to sympathy cold, Tears the babe from its mother and sells it for gold; While the infant and mother, loud shriek for each other, In sorrow and woe. At last came the parting of mother and child, Her brain reel'd with madness, that mother was wild; Then the lash could not smother the shrieks of that mother, Of sorrow and woe.
Página 5 - upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed.
Página 42 - Yet loud shrieked that mother, poor heart broken mother, In sorrow and woe. The babe in return, for its fond mother cries, While the sound of their wailings together arise; They shriek for each other, the child and the mother, In sorrow and woe. The harsh auctioneer to sympathy cold, Tears the babe from its mother and sells it for gold; While the infant and mother, loud shriek for each other, In sorrow and woe. At last came the parting of mother...
Página 42 - Her brain reel'd with madness, that mother was wild ; Then the lash could not smother the shrieks of that mother, Of sorrow and woe. The child was borne off to a far distant clime, While the mother was left in anguish to pine, But reason departed, and she sunk broken hearted, In sorrow and woe.
Página 43 - I'll relate. It happened in de valley of de ole Kentucky State: Dey marched me out into de fiel', at every break of day. And work me dar till late sunset, widout a cent of pay. Dey work me all de day, Widout a bit of pay. And thought, because dey fed me well, I would not run away. Massa gave me his ole coat, an...
Página 14 - The servant who knew his master's will and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes ; but he who knew not his master's will and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few.
Página 38 - Jesus, my All, to heaven is gone, He whom I fix my hopes upon; His track I see, and I'll pursue The narrow way, till him I view.
Página 42 - Mother, In sorrow and woe. % Oh ! list ye kind Mothers to the cries of the Slave ; The Parents and Children implore you to save ; Go ! rescue the Mothers, the Sisters and Brothers, From sorrow and woe.