The Experience of a Slave in South CarolinaThe 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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He told the slaves round about to steal cotton and bring it to him , and he would
give them whisky for it ; but if their masters caught them , they were not to say that
they were bringing it to him . The consequence was , that some slaves brought ...
He told the slaves round about to steal cotton and bring it to him , and he would
give them whisky for it ; but if their masters caught them , they were not to say that
they were bringing it to him . The consequence was , that some slaves brought ...
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They were once had up before the magistrate for stealing Alex Durant ' s long -
tailed sow ; they were tried and sentenced to be whipped in the same manner as
a slave ; but ... But , to return to the hogs they were about to steal from me .
They were once had up before the magistrate for stealing Alex Durant ' s long -
tailed sow ; they were tried and sentenced to be whipped in the same manner as
a slave ; but ... But , to return to the hogs they were about to steal from me .
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he would say , “ you got fresh meat here ; you steal it ; ” and next day they would
have so many lashes for daring to eat meat , or whatever it might be . He was
accustomed to be hired to whip negroes , and he used to revel in this ( to him ) ...
he would say , “ you got fresh meat here ; you steal it ; ” and next day they would
have so many lashes for daring to eat meat , or whatever it might be . He was
accustomed to be hired to whip negroes , and he used to revel in this ( to him ) ...
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On one occasion , he wanted me to steal from my master a bushel of corn for him
, which I refused to do . This annoyed him very much , and , in the course of time ,
he came to my white people and told them that he saw me the night before on a ...
On one occasion , he wanted me to steal from my master a bushel of corn for him
, which I refused to do . This annoyed him very much , and , in the course of time ,
he came to my white people and told them that he saw me the night before on a ...
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The lightning once burnt a space of ground in the cotton fields , and nothing
afterwards ever grew on that spot . We will now turn to the hawk and the owl . The
hawk snatches away chickens from the hen during the day , and the owl steals
them ...
The lightning once burnt a space of ground in the cotton fields , and nothing
afterwards ever grew on that spot . We will now turn to the hawk and the owl . The
hawk snatches away chickens from the hen during the day , and the owl steals
them ...
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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.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina |
| Autor | John Andrew Jackson |
| Editor | W M S |
| Editor | Passmore & Alabaster, 1862 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 19 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 48 páginas |
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