Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . - with industrialimprovement and g-eneral educational has been exagerated or set down in malice,although in the scars which I still bear upon myperson, and in the wounds of spirit which will neverwholly heal, there might be found a seeming excusefor such a course. Whatever of kindness was shownme during- the years of my bondage, I still gratefullyremember, whether it came from white master or fel-low slave; and for the recog-nition which has been
Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . - with industrialimprovement and g-eneral educational has been exagerated or set down in malice,although in the scars which I still bear upon myperson, and in the wounds of spirit which will neverwholly heal, there might be found a seeming excusefor such a course. Whatever of kindness was shownme during- the years of my bondage, I still gratefullyremember, whether it came from white master or fel-low slave; and for the recog-nition which has been sogenerously accorded me since the badge of servitudewas removed, I am profoundly and devoutly thankful. THE ,-^ END. > V 0^ .:• r^ -iT .^-^^N. -^ r ^^^ ^ ;^ A, VS^ mV?- ° (7^ ^^ .<.^ ^M/i\ ? ^^ .A^ ..^^ •^^^^ <?- •...• ,0 ,<^ *.-^^<-. J- xo -n,. c iJo \0 T ^*z~. ^^6
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