Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
17827	Ben Butler then was ordered down to regulate the city; He made the rebels walk a chalk, and was not that a pity?
17827	O, Father, must they part?
17827	Why was he not spared?
15118	And why must I be banished?
15118	But I can not describe my feelings to those who have never been slaves; then why should I attempt it?
15118	I could draw in a full long breath, with no one to say to the ribs,"why do ye so?"
15118	I had been laboring to buy my family; and how then could they suppose me to be in league with the abolitionists?
15118	What are thy little thoughts about?
17820	Ca n''t I go see my mother, first?
17820	Why do you want to put that poor young girl in jail?
17820	And what better can we do than to live for others?
17820	I do n''t suppose the jury was out twenty minutes were they?"
17820	Lord, how long, how long?"
17820	Yet, how was I to make people believe?
17820	the overflowing thankfulness of my grateful heart at that moment, who could picture it?
17826	After I had this view, I thought I heard a voice saying,"Art thou willing to be saved?"
17826	Again I was asked,"Art thou willing to be saved in my way?"
17826	Are we worthy of greater punishment for praying to Him?
17826	How do they rest when the ungodly are dancing and fiddling till midnight?
17826	I stood speechless until he asked me again,"Art thou willing to be saved in my way?"
17826	Is the cause of God to be destroyed for this purpose?"
17826	It was hard for men to travel, and what would women do?
17826	One day as I was going to my old place behind the hay- stacks to pray, I was assailed with this language,"Are you going there to weep and pray?
17826	Why are not they molested by the watchmen?
17826	and are we to be prohibited from doing so, that sinners may remain slumbering in their sins?"
17826	and if I had been ordained?
17826	and why should we be for praising God, our Maker?
17864	But,she said,"what will the niggers do if they are free?
17864	Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine: Are they not enough for Thee?
17864	Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn?
17864	Lord, whence are those blood- drops all the way That mark out the mountain''s track?
17864	O, my God, what shall we do?
17864	Oh, good, good,said mistress,"and what did Jeff Davis say?"
17864	What does Jeff Davis mean by that?
17864	Are those pease done, young ones?"
17864	Are we not part and parcel of yourselves?
17864	But he passed by Coldly, and answered, Rose?
17864	Do n''t you want to see and speak to and caress your darling child?
17864	Do you understand me, Rit and Henry?"
17864	Give me crumbs to eat today?
17864	How could light Feel jealousy of heat, plant of the leaf, Or competition dwell''twixt lip and smile?
17864	How could the hand be enemy of the arm, Or seed and sod be rivals?
17864	I thought this: that Henry, Caroline and myself, Louise, would have to go as others had done, and where should we go and what should we do?
17864	My mother said to the woman,"Honey, ai n''t you got no husband?"
17864	My mother said,"Ai n''t you got some way to ride there?"
17864	My mother said,"How long will it take you to get there?"
17864	My mother said,"In the name of the Lord, where are you going on such a night, with these children?"
17864	Now, are the negroes, as a whole, guilty of these charges?
17864	She turned and said to the white woman,"Have you- all had anything to eat?"
17864	Up I led him, where In the warm sun my rose bloomed gloriously-- Smiling and saying, Lo, is it not fair?
17864	What about this new educated negro?
17864	What was it I heard you say?
17864	Why waste more time in controversy, when There is not time enough for all of love, Our rightful occupation in this life?
17864	Will you please let me stop here to- night, out of the rain, with my children?"
9941	Did Mr. Leadbitter know when you left?
9941	How and when did you learn to write?
9941	Who wrote these names and weights on this slate, Charles?
9941	You ran away, did you?
9941	A gentleman was passing along the highway, when he was met by a poor maniac, who accosted him, saying,"What do you thank God for?"
9941	Always praying?
9941	Did the"law"prohibit me from studying lessons out of a book about Jesus, and learning to read about Jesus as my mistress did?
9941	God had delivered him from the very tomb of death; why need I fear?
9941	He looked at me with astonishment, and in surprise asked,"What are you doing here?"
9941	How could I ever expect to escape to a country where I could be a free man?
9941	How many of you ever think to thank God for sunshine or for reason?
9941	If I, a slave, could accomplish this much, how much should the favored preachers of the country accomplish?
9941	Strange, was it not?
9941	Then what had we, poor wretches, to thank God for?
9941	What had I to complain of?
9941	What law?
9941	What was to be done with me for my unpardonable crime?
9941	What was to be my fate?
9941	What would you have done if you had been in her place?
9941	When my mistress sent my young mistresses to Jesus would n''t she send me along with them just the same as she sent me to school with them?
9941	Why could n''t we lighten our young masters and mistresses of that labor as well as other kinds of labor?
9941	Why not?
9941	Why should_ I_ not study lessons in the school- house for my young mistresses?
9941	Why was I so faithful and dutiful to my slave master?
9941	what is that?"
45631	And did n''t take it?
45631	And your wife''s name before her marriage?
45631	Are you going without a pass?
45631	Captain, where''s Platt?
45631	D''ye hear that?
45631	Did n''t I tell you last night to get a keg of nails of Chapin?
45631	Did you ever live there?
45631	Did you write a letter for a colored man at that place to some gentleman in Saratoga Springs?
45631	Do you see those pine trees yonder?
45631	Hav''nt you asked that fellow, Armsby, to mail a letter for you at Marksville?
45631	Have you a family?
45631	He is rather a smart boy, ai n''t he?
45631	How came you here?
45631	How do you like_ tanning_?
45631	How do you like_ tanning_?
45631	How do you think you''ll get there?
45631	How long have you owned this plantation,_ say_, you d----d nigger?
45631	How would you like to work for me?
45631	I say, who wrote that letter?
45631	Now, then,inquired one of Tibeats''companions,"where shall we hang the nigger?"
45631	Platt, do you know this gentleman?
45631	Platt, you lying nigger,_ have_ I?
45631	So, Platt, you''re tired of scraping cotton, are you? 45631 Stop a moment,"said he;"have you any other name than Platt?"
45631	Wan''t you over to Shaw''s night before last?
45631	Well, boy, where did you come from?
45631	Well, how''s this?
45631	Well, my boy, how do you feel now?
45631	What did you say to Pats?
45631	What is her_ price_? 45631 What is the matter with the nails?"
45631	What is the matter?
45631	What is your name?
45631	What were your children''s names?
45631	When did you last see him, and where is he?
45631	Where are you going now, Platt?
45631	Where do your niggers hold Christmas?
45631	Where does William Ford live?
45631	Where does he live?
45631	Where does that gentleman live?
45631	Where?
45631	Which is the way to his place?
45631	Who are you? 45631 Who are you?"
45631	Who married you?
45631	Who shipped_ that_ nigger?
45631	Why, Platt, what put that into your head?
45631	You have seen none of those in this part of the country, I presume?
45631	You worked under Myers at Peter Tanner''s, did n''t you?
45631	You''re the nigger,he said to me on my arrival--"You''re the nigger that flogged your master, eh?
45631	Your name is Platt, is it?
45631	''He that is writing for me--''Where did Bass work last summer?"
45631	Ah, yes-- like to travel for your health, may be?
45631	And what difference is there in the color of the soul?
45631	Are all men created free and equal as the Declaration of Independence holds they are?"
45631	But this question of_ Slavery_; what_ right_ have you to your niggers when you come down to the point?"
45631	Did''nt he want you to hire him for an overseer?"
45631	Goin''wid''em?
45631	He must take me for a soft, to think he can come it over me with them kind of yarns, musn''t he?
45631	How could I write a letter without any ink or paper?
45631	How did you happen to get here?
45631	If they do n''t know as much as their masters, whose fault is it?
45631	Is every thing right because the law allows it?
45631	It runneth as follows:"Who''s been here since I''ve been gone?
45631	Now you d----d nigger,"he exclaimed,"why did you not tell me that when I bought you?"
45631	Now, in the sight of God, what is the difference, Epps, between a white man and a black one?"
45631	Now, who is it?"
45631	O, de lor'', did''nt Platt pick his feet right up, tho'', hey?
45631	Pointing towards Northup, standing a few rods distant, he demanded--"Do you know that man?"
45631	Pray, what is it?"
45631	So you''re going into the tanning business?
45631	Soon Arthur would rejoin his family, and have the satisfaction of seeing his wrongs avenged: my family, alas, should I ever see them more?
45631	Suppose they''d pass a law taking away your liberty and making you a slave?"
45631	Talk about black skin, and black blood; why, how many slaves are there on this bayou as white as either of us?
45631	They are held in bondage, generation after generation, deprived of mental improvement, and who can expect them to possess much knowledge?
45631	Walking up to Bob, the sheriff inquired:"Where''s the boy they call Platt?"
45631	We were busily at work in the afternoon, when I stopped suddenly and said--"Master Bass, I want to ask you what part of the country you came from?"
45631	Were the events of the last few weeks realities indeed?--or was I passing only through the dismal phases of a long, protracted dream?
45631	What had I done to deserve imprisonment in such a dungeon?
45631	What have you got to say to that, ha?"
45631	What was the meaning of these chains?
45631	What would become of me?
45631	What would become of them?
45631	Where was I?
45631	Where were Brown and Hamilton?
45631	While hoeing by the side of Patsey, she exclaimed, in a low voice, suddenly,"Platt, d''ye see old Hog- Jaw beckoning me to come to him?"
45631	Whither should I fly?
45631	Who would befriend me?
45631	Why could they not be purchased together?
45631	Why do n''t you come forward?"
45631	Why had I not died in my young years-- before God had given me children to love and live for?
45631	Why not let her have one of her dear children?
45631	Wonder if you know who he is?"
45631	You would like to change your master, eh?
45631	You''d call them feller citizens, I s''pose?"
45631	You''re a''portant character-- you''re a great nigger-- very remarkable nigger, ai n''t ye?
45631	You''re fond of moving round-- traveler-- ain''t ye?
45631	You''re the nigger that kicks, and holds carpenter Tibeats by the leg, and wallops him, are ye?
45631	_ Buy_ her?"
45631	and"What is coming off to- night, Platt?"
45631	what d''ye think?
45631	what have you been doing up there?"
45631	what''ll become of me?"