If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to…

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for...

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for...

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 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 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...

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,...

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...

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

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.

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt...

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt...

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.

Death is better than slavery.

Death is better than slavery.

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...