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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... Thomas Keyser and James Smith brought a cargo of negroes to Boston , they were heavily fined and compelled to return those negroes again to Africa . Noble men were they of Massachusetts ; and despite the Irish and rowdy element of ...
... Thomas Keyser and James Smith brought a cargo of negroes to Boston , they were heavily fined and compelled to return those negroes again to Africa . Noble men were they of Massachusetts ; and despite the Irish and rowdy element of ...
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... 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 8 MY EXPERIENCE AS A SLAVE .
... 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 8 MY EXPERIENCE AS A SLAVE .
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... Thomas , the next , was , if possible , worse than James . He was also a mem- ber of Mount Zion Chapel . He was articled to a lawyer . While studying the law , he used to whip the negroes on the plantation exceedingly . I will give you ...
... Thomas , the next , was , if possible , worse than James . He was also a mem- ber of Mount Zion Chapel . He was articled to a lawyer . While studying the law , he used to whip the negroes on the plantation exceedingly . I will give you ...
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... Thomas came to see his father : " Thomas , did you burn this girl Yes , pa , I did , because she ran away . " " Well , you shan't have her any more . " But , in this case , Thomas was a true son of his father , and the old proverb ...
... Thomas came to see his father : " Thomas , did you burn this girl Yes , pa , I did , because she ran away . " " Well , you shan't have her any more . " But , in this case , Thomas was a true son of his father , and the old proverb ...
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... answered , " Yes , gentlemen , but Mrs. English was the cause of it . " Mrs. English exclaimed , " You are a liar , sir ! " The Rev. Thomas English here said , " Sir , if you say that ma REMINISCENCES OF MY OLD MASTER . 17.
... answered , " Yes , gentlemen , but Mrs. English was the cause of it . " Mrs. English exclaimed , " You are a liar , sir ! " The Rev. Thomas English here said , " Sir , if you say that ma REMINISCENCES OF MY OLD MASTER . 17.
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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.