Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839Harper & Brothers, 1864 - 337 páginas |
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... massa ! " shrieked out the old creature , in a paroxysm of admiration , " where you get this lilly alabaster baby ! " For a moment I looked round to see if she was speaking of my baby ; but no , my dear , this superlative apostrophe was ...
... massa ! " shrieked out the old creature , in a paroxysm of admiration , " where you get this lilly alabaster baby ! " For a moment I looked round to see if she was speaking of my baby ; but no , my dear , this superlative apostrophe was ...
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... massa only let we keep pig ! " The fear of offending by uttering that forbidden wish - the dread of admitting , by its expression , the slightest discontent with his present situation - the desire to conciliate my favor , even at the ...
... massa only let we keep pig ! " The fear of offending by uttering that forbidden wish - the dread of admitting , by its expression , the slightest discontent with his present situation - the desire to conciliate my favor , even at the ...
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... massa , " with increased emphasis ; it amounted only to this , that negroes once were , but no longer are , permitted to keep pigs . The increase of filth and foul smells consequent upon their being raised is , of course , very great ...
... massa , " with increased emphasis ; it amounted only to this , that negroes once were , but no longer are , permitted to keep pigs . The increase of filth and foul smells consequent upon their being raised is , of course , very great ...
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... massa sick , all him people broken ! " Dr. H came again to - day to see the poor sick boy , who is doing much better , and bidding fair to recover . He entertained me with an account of the Darien society , its aristocracies and ...
... massa sick , all him people broken ! " Dr. H came again to - day to see the poor sick boy , who is doing much better , and bidding fair to recover . He entertained me with an account of the Darien society , its aristocracies and ...
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... massa ; plenty little nig- gers for you and little missis ! " A very agreeable apos- trophe to me indeed , as you will believe . I have let this letter lie for a day or two , dear E- from press of more immediate avocations . I have noth ...
... massa ; plenty little nig- gers for you and little missis ! " A very agreeable apos- trophe to me indeed , as you will believe . I have let this letter lie for a day or two , dear E- from press of more immediate avocations . I have noth ...
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, Volumen 2 Fanny Kemble Vista completa - 1863 |
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Abolitionists afternoon allowed Altamaha appeared asked Aurora Floyd baby beautiful better blossoms boat Brunswick called certainly child church clothes color condition cotton course curious Darien dear degradation dikes dreadful evergreen existence feel fields filthy flogged FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE gardinias Georgia head human Irish island Israel Jack Jack rowed labor land leave live look lovely manumission massa master means miserable missis Molly morning mulatto natural negress negroes neighbor never nigger Northern overseer owners perfectly pine barren planters poor creatures present race rattlesnakes residence rice plantation rice-island ride river rode round seems sick Simon's slaveholders slavery slaves snakes soil sort South Southern spect suppose swamp tell thing thought tion to-day told trees tremely utter walk whole wife wild woman women wonder woods wretched yesterday young
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Página 73 - A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another ; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Página 58 - I was observing her to-day among her swarthy' worshipers, for they follow her as such, and saw, with dismay, the universal eagerness with which they sprang to obey her little gestures of command. She said something about a swing, and in less than five minutes head man Frank had erected it for her, and a dozen young slaves were ready to swing little
Página 316 - ... entering the first of these? But half the casements, of which there were six, were glazed, and these were obscured with dirt, almost as much as the other windowless ones were darkened by the dingy shutters, which the shivering inmates had fastened to in order to protect themselves from the cold. In the enormous chimney glimmered the powerless embers of a few sticks of wood, round which, however, as many of the sick women as could approach were cowering, some on wooden settles, most of them on...
Página 218 - The high voices all in unison, and the admirable time and true accent with which their responses are made, always make me wish that some great musical composer could hear these semi-savage performances. With a very little skillful adaptation and instrumentation, I think one or two barbaric chants and choruses might be evoked from them that would make the fortune of an opera.
Página 238 - Apparently the Negro jargon has commended itself as euphonious to her infantile ears, and she is now treating me to the most ludicrous and accurate imitations of it every time she opens her mouth. Of course I shall not allow this to become a habit. This is the way the Southern ladies acquire the thick and inelegant pronunciation which distinguishes their utterances from the Northern snuffle, and I have no desire that S should adorn her mother tongue with either peculiarity.
Página 60 - On the birth of a child certain additions of clothing and an additional weekly ration are bestowed on the family; and these matters, small as they may seem, act as powerful inducements to creatures who have none of the restraining influences actuating them which belong to the parental relation among all other people, whether civilized or savage. Moreover, they have all of them a most distinct and perfect knowledge of their value to their owners as property...
Página 112 - Presently the whole congregation uplifted their voices in a hymn, the first high wailing notes of which — sung all in unison, in the midst of these unwonted surroundings — sent a thrill through all my nerves.