![]() ![]() Our habitations, and said: "Be still, andĬabins with gardens attached negro men in Generations, owners of Virginia plantations, Virginia plantation, my ancestors, for nine Virginia plantation, my lot in life cast on a "HIS MISSION ON EARTH SEEMED TO BE KEEPING."THREE WOMEN WOULD CLEAN UP ONE CHAMBER". ![]() "NOW, MARSTER, YOU DONE FORGOT ALL 'BOUT."MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SHOW US THE STEP OF."READING AND REPEATING VERSES TO HIM"."ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OF THESE SMILING 'INDISPENSABLES' "."CARPENTERS ALWAYS AT WORK FOR THE COMFORT.The truth may thus be preserved among a few,Īnd merited praise may be awarded to noble men Wish to leave a record of plantation life as it was. Those who come after us may know the truth, I To be descended front such monsters and that Would have been embittered had I believed myself "inhuman retches" "southern taskmasters" To their ancestors as: "cruel slave-owners" Plantation life - Virginia - History - 19th century.Īnd American publications such expressions applied.Verification made against printed text usingĪuthor/Editor (SoftQuad) and Microsoft Word spell check programs. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,ĭigitization project, Documenting the AmericanĪnd the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line. Supported the electronic publication of this title. | Buy DocSouth Books A Girl's Life in Virginiaįunding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital ![]()
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