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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 8 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23444 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Mr. 4 God 2 mother 2 State 2 Lord 1 slave 1 day 1 child 1 York 1 Wilson 1 Washington 1 Union 1 Tibeats 1 Thompson 1 Spirit 1 South 1 Solomon 1 Smith 1 Saratoga 1 River 1 Raleigh 1 Platt 1 Patsey 1 Orleans 1 Northup 1 North 1 New 1 Mrs. 1 Mitchell 1 Master 1 Mary 1 Marksville 1 Lunsford 1 Lewis 1 Lawrence 1 Judge 1 Jesus 1 Governor 1 Freeman 1 Ford 1 Epps 1 Eliza 1 Dansley 1 Clayton 1 Chapin 1 Captain 1 Burch 1 Boston 1 Boeuf 1 Berry Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 526 time 481 slave 469 day 464 man 305 mother 295 year 287 child 268 hand 260 master 257 house 228 place 210 night 209 plantation 186 life 157 way 147 wife 141 family 139 field 137 work 131 cotton 127 heart 122 mistress 117 morning 117 cabin 115 name 110 freedom 109 friend 104 dollar 103 letter 101 woman 100 one 92 father 90 nothing 88 word 88 people 87 thing 87 manner 86 week 85 month 82 side 81 labor 80 law 79 mile 79 city 78 yard 78 foot 77 state 77 mind 77 light 76 business Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 299 _ 281 Mr. 207 God 198 Epps 135 New 126 Northup 122 Wilson 105 State 91 Ford 90 Ben 89 Bayou 84 Washington 82 York 79 Solomon 74 Boeuf 72 Mrs. 69 Lord 66 Master 61 Bass 59 South 59 Burch 58 Tibeats 56 Platt 53 Patsey 50 Orleans 49 North 48 Eliza 45 Marksville 43 Uncle 43 Freeman 39 Thompson 39 Smith 39 CHAPTER 38 Judge 38 Anne 37 River 37 Chapin 36 Mary 36 John 35 Dansley 34 William 34 St. 34 James 34 Governor 33 Abram 32 Henry 31 Slavery 31 Saratoga 31 Jesus 30 Woods Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 3753 i 1672 he 1386 me 1310 it 769 him 684 they 583 she 580 we 463 them 392 you 292 us 269 her 183 myself 75 himself 29 themselves 23 ourselves 18 one 17 herself 16 itself 14 mine 10 thee 9 yourself 6 his 5 ''em 3 yours 3 theirs 2 thyself 2 ours 2 hers 2 em 1 you''re 1 whereof 1 rose,-- 1 on''t 1 manifest.--but Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 6300 be 2078 have 571 do 454 say 427 go 400 make 396 come 392 take 295 see 293 know 251 give 227 leave 216 find 203 get 179 tell 156 live 150 think 139 pass 139 become 138 hear 136 call 134 return 134 feel 131 look 130 stand 125 bring 123 remain 122 run 118 sell 113 follow 111 keep 110 bear 109 send 100 receive 97 write 97 reach 97 meet 96 seem 93 ask 90 put 88 hold 84 work 82 turn 82 read 81 enter 79 learn 78 speak 77 let 76 place 76 fall Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1026 not 317 so 306 then 255 up 248 more 243 great 222 other 219 such 218 now 216 as 214 out 207 little 201 only 188 long 184 never 181 down 174 well 170 away 169 much 168 old 166 good 166 again 161 very 161 free 158 many 151 there 144 first 143 soon 137 white 137 back 127 same 122 own 117 about 109 also 108 however 107 last 98 still 95 most 92 ever 89 once 88 large 85 next 85 just 81 always 80 here 77 young 77 even 73 too 73 small 73 far Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 good 27 least 23 most 14 slight 13 great 12 high 12 early 7 bad 6 dark 5 fine 4 near 3 young 3 poor 3 noble 3 low 3 fast 3 bright 2 tall 2 soft 2 old 2 loud 2 lofty 2 large 2 heavy 2 farth 2 fair 2 eld 2 deep 2 close 2 Most 1 wild 1 wide 1 wealthy 1 warm 1 sweet 1 strong 1 smart 1 small 1 sinful 1 short 1 sharp 1 select 1 safe 1 rude 1 rare 1 mighty 1 mean 1 manif 1 long 1 late Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72 most 2 least 1 well 1 house"--the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 _ do _ 2 _ say _ 2 _ was _ 2 child is father 2 epps came home 2 epps was not 2 houses are usually 2 mother was away 2 mother was not 2 mother was very 2 time had not 2 time had now 2 time passed slowly 2 wilson comes along 1 * having now 1 _ ai n''t 1 _ do n''t 1 _ doing well 1 _ feel _ 1 _ felt _ 1 _ had _ 1 _ have _ 1 _ is _ 1 _ knowed _ 1 _ knowing _ 1 _ making nothing 1 _ pass _ 1 child knew not 1 children are nearly 1 children being ill 1 children have never 1 children were delighted 1 children were eagerly 1 cotton is not 1 cotton was poor 1 day be wholly 1 day is moral 1 day is not 1 day passed by 1 day was not 1 days are over 1 days be cold 1 epps became engaged 1 epps being absent 1 epps being satisfied 1 epps called aloud 1 epps did nothing 1 epps is jealous 1 epps made wondrous 1 epps was absent Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 time had not yet 1 children had no supper 1 cotton is not dry 1 day is not yet 1 day was not unusual 1 epps was not drunk 1 epps was not naturally 1 field having no sooner 1 heart was not present 1 house was not properly 1 master has no use 1 mother made no reply 1 northup were not long 1 slave has no conception 1 slave lived not more 1 slaves have no knife 1 slaves have no privileges A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 17864 author = Burton, Annie L. title = Memories of Childhood''s Slavery Days date = keywords = Boston; Clayton; God; Lawrence; Lord; Mary; South; child; day summary = 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 = 17820 author = Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) title = From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom date = keywords = Berry; Judge; Mitchell; Mr.; Mrs.; mother summary = 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 = 15118 author = Lane, Lunsford 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 date = keywords = Governor; Lunsford; Mr.; North; Raleigh; Smith; State summary = [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 id = 45631 author = Northup, Solomon 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 date = keywords = Abram; Anne; Bass; Bayou; Boeuf; Burch; Chapin; Eliza; Epps; Ford; Freeman; God; Marksville; Master; Mr.; New; Northup; Orleans; Patsey; Platt; River; Saratoga; Solomon; State; Tibeats; Washington; York summary = 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 id = 17826 author = Old Elizabeth title = Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman date = keywords = Lord; Spirit summary = 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 = 9941 author = Thompson, Charles 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. date = keywords = Ben; Dansley; God; Jesus; Mr.; Thompson; Wilson; slave summary = 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 id = 17827 author = Thompson, L. S. (Lucy S.) title = The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery date = keywords = Captain; God; Lewis; Mr.; Union; mother summary = 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