Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.

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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.

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...

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;...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

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...

Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery...

Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery...

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...

Death is better than slavery.

Death is better than slavery.

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...