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Therehadbeenavineyardofsomeextentontheplace,butithadnotbeenattendedtosincethewar,andhadfallenintoutterneglect.Thevines—herepartlysupportedbydecayedandbroken-downarbors,theretwining themselvesamongthebranchesoftheslendersaplingswhichhadsprung upamong them

IwrotetoacousinwhohadgoneintotheturpentinebusinessincentralNorthCarolina,andheassuredmethatnobetterplacecouldbefoundintheSouththantheStateandneighborhoodinwhichhelived:climateandsoilwereallthatcouldbeaskedfor,andlandcouldbeboughtforameresong.

That note in music heard not with the ears? How sound the elusive reed so seldom blown, Which stirs the soul or melts the heart to tears.

t “Jordan roll”? Whose starward eye Saw chariot “swing low”?

“Nobody knows de trouble I see”?

The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defence,--else what shall save us from a second slavery? Freedom, too, the long-sought, we still seek,--the freedom of life and limb, the freedom to work and think, the freedom to love and aspire. Work, culture, liberty,--all these we need, not singly but together, not successively but together, each growing and aiding each and all striving toward that vaster ideal that swims before the Negro people, the ideal

The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

This is a white man's government,"

LYNCHINGS BY STATES Alabama, 25;

During all the years of slavery, no such charge was ever made, not even during the dark days of the rebellion,

During the slave regime, the Southern white man owned the Negro body and soul.

The thought of violets meant florists' shops

And now—unwittingly, you've made me dream

I had forgot wide fields; and clear brown streams;The perfect loveliness that God has made,—

        Recollect, I was eighteen years of age, was a woman fully developed, and yet this man coolly bade me take down my dress. I drew myself up proudly, firmly, and said: "No, Mr. Bingham, I shall not take down my dress before you. Moreover, you shall not whip me unless you prove the stronger. Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it."

  When I was about seven years old I witnessed, for the first time, the sale of a human being.

I did not know much of my father, for he was the slave of another man,

If I have portrayed the dark side of slavery, I also have painted the bright side.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

These hymns will be found peculiarly interesting in illustrating the feelings, opinions and habits of the slaves.

f religious music, "closely imitated f

 "We must look among their non-religious songs for the purest specimens of negro minstrelsy, It is remarkable that they have themselves transferred the best of these to the uses of their churches

By the laws of the land I am your slave--you are my master, and I will only be free by such means as the laws of the country provide." He expected this answer, and I knew that he was pleased. Some time afterwards he told me that he had reconsidered the question; that I had served his family faithfully; that I deserved my freedom, and that he would take $1200 for myself and boy.

"You are my child," replied our father, "and when I call you, you should come immediately, if you have to pass through fire and water."

I once saw a young slave girl dying soon after the birth of a child nearly white.

THE SLAVE WHO DARED TO FEEL LIKE A MAN

We don't die but once."

"He that is willing to be a slave, let him be a slave."

He tried his utmost to corrupt the pure principles my grandmother had instilled. He peopled my young mind with unclean images, such as only a vile monster could think of.

"God's will be done."

I once did believe in religion, but now Ihave no confidence in it. My faith has been wrecked on the stony hearts ofsuch pretended Christians as Stephen Franks, while passing through thestormy sea of trouble and oppression!

 “I'm tired looking the other side; I want a hope this side of the vale of tears.I want something on this earth as well as a promise of things in anotherworld.

Don't tell me about religion! What's religion to me?

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master had to pay for his catching and keeping, and that was what he was tied up for.

I had to prepare the old slaves for market. I was ordered to have the old men's whiskers shaved off, and the grey hairs plucked out where they were not too numerous, in which case he had a preparation of blacking to color it, and with a blacking brush we would put it on.

Who cares not for the world's apJ>laus R h. ti e, ut, to 1s own xed purpose true The path which God and nature's la~s

In freedoms cause their vo1·ces . A db raise n urst the bonds of ever I ' Till, north and south and y save; Th , east and t e wrongs we bear shall b. d wes ' ere ressed

Almighty God! thy aid impart, And fire anew each faltering heart, And strengthen every patriot's hand,

And she hared her right arm to the shoulder, showing her tremendous muscular power.] I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and n

I a woman? I have borne thirteen chilern and seen 'em mos' all sold off into slavery,

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The man who would not fight under our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, in the glorious and heavenly cause of freedom and of God--to be delivered from the most wretched, abject and servile slavery, that ever a people was afflicted with since the foundation of the world, to the present day--ought to be kept with all of his children or family, in slavery, or in chains, to be butchered by his cruel enemies.

The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority

Is not God a God of justice to all his creatures? Do you say he is? Then if he gives peace and tranquillity to tyrants, and permits them to keep our fathers, our mothers, ourselves and our children in eternal ignorance and wretchedness, to support them and their families, would he be to us a God of

Labor for the peace of the human race, and remember that you are four millions.

God will not receive slavery, nor ignorance, nor any other state of mind, for love and obedience to him. Your condi-tion does not absolve you from your moral obligation.

It is in your power so to torment the God-cursed slaveholders, that they will be glad to let you go free.

My son you shall I I h n h fi c ' earn your name on y w e you reac twenty-ve,

I am saying that you're a scoundrel,' screamed Georges, giving full rein to his anger, and seizing Alfred by the arm ... 'ah! she'll die ... she will die because she didn't prostitute herself to you ... because you're white ... because you're her master ... y

G fi s inctly -. t er. . . eorges at r~t believed he had pr?nounced the final syllable, hke a funeral knell, rang in his ears T b n11sheard, but the word father, pouch .... 'Ah!' he cried out, 'I'm cu;s

Anon Britannia droops the pensive head, While round increase the rising hills of dead.

 Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side, Thy ev’ry action let the Goddess guide. A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, With gold unfading, WASHINGTON! Be thine.

How pour her armies through a thousand gates,

I humbly think it does not require the Penetration of a Philosopher to determine.--

This I desire not for their Hurt, but to convince them of the strange Absurdity of their Conduct whose Words and Actions are so diametrically, opposite. How well the Cry for Liberty, and the reverse Disposition for the exercise of oppressive Power over others agree, -- I humbly think it does not require the Penetration of a Philosopher to determine.--

he glorious Dispensation of civil and religious Liberty,

Young Samuel Allen, Oh lack-a-day! Was taken and carried to Canada.

Eteazer Hawks was killed outright,

Young Samuel Allen, Oh lack-a-day!

I was pretty much employed in the house at carding wo

On my return, I was received both by my father and mother with great joy and affection, and was once more restored to my paternal dwelling in peace and happiness. I was then about six years old.

He came and carried me home, as I was unable to go myself on account of my wounds. Nothing remarkable happened afterwards until my father sent for me to return home.

Soon after this my master's only daughter, and child by his first wife, sickened and died, which affected him so much that for some time he was almost frantic, and really would have killed himself, had he not been watched and prevented. However, in a small time afterwards he recovered, and I was again sold.

The next day I was washed and perfumed, and when meal-time came I was led into the presence of my mistress, and ate and drank before her with her son. This filled me with astonishment; and I could scarce help expressing my surprise that the young gentleman should suffer me, who was bound, to eat with him who was free; and not only so, but that he would not at any time either eat or drink till I had taken first, because I was the eldest, which was agreeable to our custom. Indeed every thing here, and all their treatment of me, made me forget that I was a slave.

estival begins, which is celebrated with bonefires, and loud acclamations of joy, accompanied with music and dancing.         We are almost a nation of dancers, musicians, and poets. Thus every great event, such as a triumphant return from battle, or other cause of public rejoicing is celebrated in public dances, which are accompanied with songs and music suited to the occasion. The assembly is separated into four divisions, which dance either apart or in succession, and each with a character peculiar to itself. The first division contains the married men, who in their dances frequently exhibit seats of arms, and the representation of a battle. To these succeed the married women, who dance in the second division. The young men occupy the third; and the maidens the fourth.

And now, That in the Providence of that GOD, who delivered his Servant David out of the Paw of the Lion and out of the Paw of the Bear, I am freed from a long and dreadful Captivity, among worse Savages than they; And am return'd to my own Native Land, to Shew how Great Things the Lord hoth done for Me; I would call upon all Men, and Say, O Magnifie the Lord with Me, and let us Exalt his Name together!--O that Men would Praise the Lord for His Goodness, and for his Wonderful Works to the Children of Men!