Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.

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When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than...

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than...

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to...

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to...

If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a...

If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a...

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds;...

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds;...

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy...

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy...

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a...

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a...

There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man...

There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man...

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life...

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life...

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over...

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over...

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or...

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or...

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time,...

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time,...

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little...

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little...

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images,...

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images,...

But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits...

But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits...

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened...

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened...

The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.