Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . t~j CO ?Jr ,<5 ^ L. REBELLION WEAKENING. 165 expenditure. The madam remained at her fathers,and the slaves at the works. I MAKE SOME MONEY. As I was here for another 3ear, acting- as butler,thoug-ht I would tr} and see if I could not make somemone} for myself. I asked Mr. Brooks, the manag-er ofthe works, if he could g-et me some tobacco by sending-to Mobile for it. He said he could; and on the fourthday thereafter, in the evening-, it came. I was anxiousto get
Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . t~j CO ?Jr ,<5 ^ L. REBELLION WEAKENING. 165 expenditure. The madam remained at her fathers,and the slaves at the works. I MAKE SOME MONEY. As I was here for another 3ear, acting- as butler,thoug-ht I would tr} and see if I could not make somemone} for myself. I asked Mr. Brooks, the manag-er ofthe works, if he could g-et me some tobacco by sending-to Mobile for it. He said he could; and on the fourthday thereafter, in the evening-, it came. I was anxiousto get it the same evening-, but Mr. Brooks said:Oh! I guess you had better wait until morning,then when you finish 3our work come down to theoffice and get it—3-ou will then have more time to seethe boys in the works. In the morning I was upearl}, and after doing m} morning work I was off toBrooks office. When I went in he said: There itis under the table. The package was so small I feltdisappointed—a hundred dollars worth ought to bemore, said I to myself; but I took it, and went outamong the men. I thought I would tr} to sell it atfive dollars a p
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