. An autobiography [electronic resource]: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary . andsometimes younger. All these years the boys father, or the manhimself, is paying on the girl. That is why it is hard to get thegirls. It is the girls that bring big money; so the more girls afather has, that much richer he is. Girls who are bought with a bullock are high toned; that isabout the highest grade. Then th
. An autobiography [electronic resource]: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary . andsometimes younger. All these years the boys father, or the manhimself, is paying on the girl. That is why it is hard to get thegirls. It is the girls that bring big money; so the more girls afather has, that much richer he is. Girls who are bought with a bullock are high toned; that isabout the highest grade. Then the next is brass kettles, and clothand beads. The third is more ordinary; tobacco, cloth, powder,and a little gin is not objectionable. To all of these he can put asmuch more as he likes; but what I have named are the principalthings used in buying a native girl for a wife. Poor things, they are not consulted; they have no choice inthe matter. If they dont like the man, they are obliged to gowith him anyway, no matter how illy he may treat them; andsometimes they are cruelly treated. But their own father couldnot protect them. The laws in this are very strict. A mans wifeis his wife, and no one dare interfere. One morning at Sinoe, about six oclock — I generally got up. Frances, My Native Bassa Girl. Amanda Smith. 391 at that time, and often earlier, especially when washing; five orsix oclock in the morning was the most beautiful part of the dayin Africa, especially if one had a big days washing or ironing todo, or anything else; it is very pleasant and cool then, but as thesun rises it gets stronger, until sometimes it is almost unbearable*^-I heard someone crying most piteously in the street, and thereseemed to be a number of voices shouting and talking; but mingledwith all I heard this deep, piteous crying. I went and looked out of the window, and there was a poorgirl, I suppose about fifteen or sixteen years of age, and as prettya colored girl as I ever saw; she had a dark
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