Letters From The South Vol 2 Of 2 Classic Reprint

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ISBN 13 : 9781331255543
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Down South Before the War, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Down South Before the War, Vol. 2 Some servants were loaned by way of friendly accommodation, many were rented or leased at a rate of from $50 to $200 a year. One woman was crying because it had fallen to her lot to serve a mistress whom she feared. "If I could only please her," sobbed the poor girl, "I wouldn't care; but she won't like me, she won't like me." The greater number of the slaves seemed stupid and indifferent to their fate. The natural cheerfulness of the race was exhibited in sharp contrast with the melancholy background which their condition as bond-people afforded. At a street corner a hilarious group of Sambos and Cuffeys laughed and danced to the lively thrum of a banjo, played by a grinning minstrel black as ebony. A comical old fellow wearing the picturesque ruin of a silk hat on his gray, wooly pate, limped about with grotesque antics, informing everybody that he was a "spoilt darkey," and that he would "be of no use to anybody" who might hire him. In the yard of the Court House - temple of blind justice, - a black man was put up at noon-day on the auction block, and was sold to the highest bidder. The crier announced the name and age of the human vendible standing there for public inspection, and vouched that "Jack" was sound in all respects. Perhaps it was mere curiosity, perhaps some irresistible impulse of the abolitionist blood of my father crying in my veins "Man is man, no man is more," that impelled me to walk up to the block, and speak to the dusky brother who was "going, going," and soon would be "gone" for the market price. He told me that he had a wife in Mount Sterling, from whom he did not wish to part. "I don't care who buys me, I ain't afraid of no cruel master; but I want to stay close to wife and chil'en." The man was sold for $750, a very low price, the bystanders said, and I thought so, too. I was ashamed to look the unfortunate "property" in the face, for he must have felt very cheap under the circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.