There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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My mistress was so kind to me that I was always glad to do her bidding, and proud to labor for her as much as my young years would permit.Harriet Ann Jacobs
Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
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Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.
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DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
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