. Highways and byways of the South. ew about theporch. A woman, a young girl, and a boy came tothe door and greeted me. They were very intelligent,with a pleasing air of good breeding. The womanwas anxious I should have no mistaken impression ofthem. I was brought up in the house amongquality, she explained, and I learned manners andgot some education. Im not like mos of the slaverynegroes of my age. They dont know the letter Afrom the side of a barn ; but thats not their wasnt much believed in for them, and if aslave was found with a book in his hands, the bookwas taken away a
. Highways and byways of the South. ew about theporch. A woman, a young girl, and a boy came tothe door and greeted me. They were very intelligent,with a pleasing air of good breeding. The womanwas anxious I should have no mistaken impression ofthem. I was brought up in the house amongquality, she explained, and I learned manners andgot some education. Im not like mos of the slaverynegroes of my age. They dont know the letter Afrom the side of a barn ; but thats not their wasnt much believed in for them, and if aslave was found with a book in his hands, the bookwas taken away and burned. My ole man, he was a field-worker. Hes a goodman, but hes rough an low down. Im shore mar-ried to him though, and I got to make the bes of abad bargain. While hes workin he wont never weara hat, and yo caint hardly make him put on anyclothes only those that re patched. He look like adifferent man when hes dressed up, but he let his besclothes hang in the house all the time. The womans feeling of aristocracy showed in her. A Rice Mill
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