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  Tied Down Naked to Four Stakes--The Inhuman Flogging--Flaying of Patsey--The Beauty of the Day--The Bucket of Salt Water--The Dress


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id: 15118
author: Lane, Lunsford
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  [Footnote A: 175 whites--207 free people of color--and 2,244 slaves. One day, while I was in this state of mind, my father gave me a small Legislature sit in Raleigh every year, I sold these articles considerably remained, nominally only, the slave of Mr. Smith for a year; when, feeling number of her slaves from their families and friends--but not me. master of my wife, Mr. Smith, had separated members of families by remain in the State long enough to purchase my family. remain a limited time within the State, until he can remove his family State, and leave my wife and my children never to see them more. him among other slaves this family; and Freeman removed also to that city. kindness of the friends of the colored man in the North, for assistance, his hand a permit to visit the State for a sufficient time to accomplish

title:
  The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin


id: 17827
author: Thompson, L. S. (Lucy S.)
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  same State, and also remained a slave for some length of time, when he During that time my father and mother were in the same Two years after my father''s departure, my mother, with her two mother ever had an opportunity to cook while we remained in his My mother still remained as cook in his family. absence of my father my mother married again a man by the name of Soon after the war commenced the rebel soldiers encamped near Mr. Lewis'' residence, and remained there one week. Mr. Lewis searched my mother''s room and found a picture of President of the evening, with a covered wagon, and took my mother and brother placed perfect confidence in mother and family. divided except mother and my little brother, who remained together. master, my mother became acquainted with a young man, Mr. Adams, When my mother arrived at Captain Tirrell''s, after leaving the

title:
  The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery


id: 17820
title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
author: Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann)
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  With mother, father and sister, a pleasant home and surroundings, what Having been brought up in a free State, mother had learned much to her Mrs. Cox, but to run away, as soon as chance offered, to Canada, where On the return of Mrs. Cox to St. Louis she sent for my mother and told I was a small girl at that time, but remember how wildly mother After my mother''s return, she decided to sue for her freedom, and for morning, before the white people had arisen, a friend of my mother At the time my mother entered suit for her freedom, she was not After advice by competent persons, mother went to Judge Edward Bates mother lived at the time of her abduction; also affidavits of Mr. and (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket, (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket,


id: 17826
title: Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman
author: Old Elizabeth
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  was but five years old, I often felt the overshadowing of the Lord''s was then _taught_ to pray, "Lord, have mercy on me--Christ save me." voice saying, "Art thou willing to be saved?" I said, Yes Lord. exclaimed, "Yes Lord, in thy own way." Immediately a light fell upon repentance, for the day of the Lord was at hand; and this message was way I continued for about a year; many times while my hands were at my work, my spirit was carried away to spiritual things. meetings, occasionally I felt moved to speak a few words therein; but We went on for several years, and the Lord was with us with great the Spirit of the Lord, and meeting with an aged sister, I found upon held many glorious meetings, for the Lord poured out his Spirit in Friend''s meeting house open, I went in; at the same time a Friend and


id: 17864
title: Memories of Childhood''s Slavery Days
author: Burton, Annie L.
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  the big boys got a little brandy and gave us children all a drink, P---River, and about twenty-three miles from Clayton, Ala. One day my master heard that the Yankees were coming our way, and he mistress and the slaves watched for their return day and night for August, six of us children took "Old Yank" and went away back on the rich lady came to our house one day, looking for some one to take care this time Mis'' Mary had given my mother one dollar a month in return seen my sister, a little over a year before she died, she had said, fire by the time mother came home, with something for us to eat, such that there were no little white children to share our meal this time. God bless every soul who shall read this true life story of one born


id: 9941
author: Thompson, Charles
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  Fond Mother Forever--Old Uncle Jack--Wilson Buys Uncle Ben from Ben dare not stay very long at a time in his wife''s cabin, as a strict as slaves could be, and spent all the time we could together--uncle Ben, Wilson finally took Ben''s wife to a man in Oxford, about twenty-five professional slave-hunters to catch Ben if he ever came to see his wife, Wilson came for Ben in due time, and after chaining him securely around Wilson told me when he got home that he had sent Ben to hell, and that Slaves on large plantations in the South were worked in gangs, under the I informed Mr. Dansley that my master, Wilson, wanted thirty dollars per month for my One day James Wilson came to Mr. Dansley''s, and said he had come for me A short time after I came in from the woods Wilson determined to hire me

title:
  Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, a Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South. Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave Life.


id: 45631
author: Northup, Solomon
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  Epps'' Plantation--Discover his Slaves in the Cotton-Field--The entering a slave State, it would be well, before leaving New-York, to "You told that man you came from New-York," said he. plantation, passing the slaves at work in the cotton field. POMEGRANATE TREES--RETURN TO BAYOU BOEUF--MASTER FORD''S REMARKS ON POMEGRANATE TREES--RETURN TO BAYOU BOEUF--MASTER FORD''S REMARKS ON At such times, said he, the heart of man turns COTTON FIELD--THE SLAVE''S LABORS--FEAR ON APPROACHING THE bed time, on Epps'' plantation, any day almost during the entire period Finally, Epps came towards the house, by this time One day, while working on the new house, Bass and Epps became engaged the said Solomon Northup is a free citizen of the State of New-York, the said Solomon Northup was not a slave at the time of the birth of said Solomon Northup, and has not been a slave at any time within the

title:
  Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana


