There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is…

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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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...