Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . excited. I attended him and thushad the opportunity of witnessing^ this notable cele-bration. ^^.^:^;y^rr<:v-rsi. CHAPTER AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, BEGINNING OF THE WAR. I remember well when Abraham Lincoln waselected. Boss and the madam had been reading- thepapers, when he broke out with the exclamation: The very idea of electing- an old rail splitter to thepresidency of the United States! Well hell nevertake his seat. When Lincoln was inaug-
Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . excited. I attended him and thushad the opportunity of witnessing^ this notable cele-bration. ^^.^:^;y^rr<:v-rsi. CHAPTER AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, BEGINNING OF THE WAR. I remember well when Abraham Lincoln waselected. Boss and the madam had been reading- thepapers, when he broke out with the exclamation: The very idea of electing- an old rail splitter to thepresidency of the United States! Well hell nevertake his seat. When Lincoln was inaug-urated, Boss,old Master Jack and a g-reat company of men met atour house to discuss the matter, and they were wildwith excitement. Was not this excitement an admis-sion that their confidence in their ability to whip theYankees, five or six to one, was not so strong as theypretended? The war had been talked of for some time, but atlast it came. When the rebels fired upon Fort Sump-ter, then g-reat excitement arose. The next da}-whenI drove Boss to town, he went into the store of oneWilliams, a mei;,chant, and when he came out, he 112 THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE. stepped to the carriage, and said: What do youthink? Old Abraham Lincoln has called for f
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