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Show 118 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. cunning enough to enact that "the child shall follow the condition of the 1nother ," not of the jathe1·; thus taking care that licentiousness shall not interfere with avarice. This reflection n1ade me cla p my innocent babe all the more firmly to my heart. IIorrid visions passed through my mind when I thought of his liability to fall into the slave trader's hands. I wept over him, and said, '' 0 n1y child t perhaps they will leave you in so1ne cold cabin to die, aud then throw you into a hole, as if you were a dog." When Dr. Flint learned thu.t I 'vas again to be a mother, he was exasperated beyond measure. lie rushed fron1 the bouse, and returned with a pair of shears. I had a fine head of hair ; and he often ) railed about 1ny pride of arranging it nicely. lie cut ____:~:=:::~:;;:::::-;;;;;:::: every hair close to my heall, storn1ing and s·wearing all the titne. I replied to some of his abuse, and he struck n1e. SonlC n1onths before, he had pitcbod me down stairs in a fit of passion ; and the injury I re-ceived was so serious that I was uual>le to turn 1nysclf in bed. for n1any days. fie then said, " Linda, I swear by God I will never raise my hand against you again;" but I knew that he would forget his promise. A.fter he discovered my situation, he ·was like a re tless spirit fron1 the pit. lie ca1nc every day; and I was snhjected to such insults as no pen can describe. I would not describe the1n if I could ; they were too low, too revolting. I tried to keep the1n fron1 my grand1nothet·'s knowledge as much as I could. I knew she had enough to sadden her life, without having my troubles to bear. Whqn she saw the doctor treat 1ne with violence, and heard him utter Another Link to Life. 119 oaths. terrible enouror h to pal .y a In an, s to . 1 could not always hol<.l her J)Ca I n ° ne, s 1e c. co. t wa. nat 1 1notberlike that she should. t. t /, (. · ura and 1 1 1 Y o u e fend 111 e . L t . on y ruac e n1attcr~ \vorse. ' n It When they told 1110 n1y 110 ,_1, , b ] . \\ uor n aLe \Yas a o· . ·I 1ny 10art \vas heavier than · t 1 , cl o 11 ' Slavery is tcrriulo r 0 . b 1 la ever been hcfore. . ll 1 n1ell ; 11 t it is f: . . . for worn en. Supcraddo<.l t tl 1, ar rnor e ternble 0 1e uurdcn c all, they have ·wrouo· a11r, . [·r . onnnon to • b ' u SU lenno·s a d . tlons peculiarly their 0 ,vn. o ' 11 Inortifica- Dr. Fli.ut had S\vorn that h 1 to my last day for this n ~ .~vou cl I~ake me sn!fer, 1 . ' e\v crune against hiJn 1 ca led rt ; and as long a(. s l le 1} [ld l11e . 1 . ' as le kept his word. 0 n the fou ·tl d rn us power he b 0 1 1 t ay after the birth f a e, le entered Iny roorn sndd 1 o Iny me to rise and brin o· Iny bab t cln. y' and COlnluanded o y o 1uu Tl took care of 1ne had . · lC nur e who gone out of the roon t some nourislnnen t ' and I \vas a1 o l o prepare 11c Tl , alternative · I rose , t oo1c upmybab · d lOt e 'vas no room to where he sat "N c, an cro, ·ed the "till I tell you to go back ! ,?w ~and. there," said he, resemblance to her father and y oluld bore a strong Sands, her grand1nothcr 'n t~ the ~eceased ~Irs. I t d · c not1ced tlns · a d 1 .1 s oo before hirn i . bl' . ' n \V u e ' 1 01n 1ng \Vlth 1 upon me an<lin littl '_Yea cncss, he heaped think of E T ytl e one every VIle epithet he could · "\en lC OTUnd t} · escape his curses Ib tl mo .lor ln her grave did not · n 10 1n1d t f 1 · · I fainted at his feet 'rl . o ns VItuperations He took tl t. 1, • ns recalled hiln to his senses. lC uauy fron1 n1y a . 1 'd . dashed cold wat . (. un~, ai rt on the bed me violentl t or.. ln lllJ face ' t oo 1c lne up, and hook' y, o I cstore 1ny ... · one euter!"ld tl ~ con ciousne s Lefore any v 1e roo1n · J us· t t 11 011 rny grandmother |