. Reminiscences, or, Four years in the Confederate Army : a history of the experiences of the private soldier in camp, hospital, prison, on the march, and on the battlefield, 1861 to 1865 . me her parting words were, God bless yo, and perteckyo, Ise got a boy down whar yo gwine. I nussed hismammy and I nussed him and I lub him as much as if hewas my own chile. Ef yo see him tell him his ole mam-my prays for him all de time. Yo neednt be fraid, hon-ey. Ole Marse and the rest of us will take cyar ob the close affection which existed between mas-ter and slave in those days and the grea
. Reminiscences, or, Four years in the Confederate Army : a history of the experiences of the private soldier in camp, hospital, prison, on the march, and on the battlefield, 1861 to 1865 . me her parting words were, God bless yo, and perteckyo, Ise got a boy down whar yo gwine. I nussed hismammy and I nussed him and I lub him as much as if hewas my own chile. Ef yo see him tell him his ole mam-my prays for him all de time. Yo neednt be fraid, hon-ey. Ole Marse and the rest of us will take cyar ob the close affection which existed between mas-ter and slave in those days and the great interest of theolder negroes in the honorable career of the children oftheir masters, I felt perfectly safe and slept as if thecountry was enjoying perfect peace. I have learned that these four old people (Mr. andMrs. Hardin, Uncle Ben and Aunt Nancy), now lie in thesame old family burying ground, side by side. One inlife and not separated by death. Who will say that inthis case, the world was made worse. Such things asthis is what makes me love a nigger—I mean the old-fashioned kind and right here, if I may be pardoned fordigression, I will say that, African slavery, as applied. Col, Bennett h. Young BY A PRIVATE SOLDIER. 85 to the white people, was a curse, but as applied to thenegro, was the greatest blessing the race ever with the benighted condition of the negro ina natural state, full of superstition, worshiping a malig-nant devil instead of a beneficent God; we find that byreason of his association with a higher order of intellect,and especially, because he is made to feel that others areinterested in his welfare, all the ambition and energythat may be in his nature is brought into action and tothis extent he is improved. An old time negro saidto me, a few days ago, dars nobody knows a mule, butthe nigger who wuks em and dars nobody knows a nig-ger lak de white folks dat raised em. While it is a fact that the Southern people were notthoroughly educat
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