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Show 20 Incidents in the l.~ife of a Slave Girl. It vvas Iter labor that supplied 1ny scanty wardrobe. I have a vivid recollection of tho linscy-,voolscy dre ·s given 111e every ·winter by ~Irs. Flint. liow I hated it! It was one of the badge · of slavery. \Vhilc my gnu1dnloLiwr was Lllll;:, helping to support me fro1n her bard earuiug ·, the three hundred dollars . she had lent her 1uistrcss were never repaid. \Vhen her mi tress died, her son-in-la·w, Dr. Flint, \Yar::; appointed executor. \-Vhen graud1nother applied to hitn for pay1ncnt, he said the estate 'vas in solvent, and. the law prohibited payn1ent. It did not, however, prohibit hin1 frotn r etaining the silver candelabra, -which ha<.l been purchascJ. with' that 1noncy. I pre un1o th ey will be handcJ. down in the fan1ily, fro1n generation to generation. ~1y grand1nothcr's 1ni tress had alway pron1isod her that, at her death, ·he should be free; and it \Vas said that in her will she nw.dc good tho pro1ni c. Rut when tho estate 'va settled, Dr. Flint told tho faithful old servant that, under existing circnn1stance , it was necessary she should be sold. On the appointed day, tho cu~tomary advcrtisc1nent was posted up, proclai1ning that there \Vonld be a "public ·ale of ncgroc:, hor c , &c." Dr. Inint called. to tell my grandtnothcr that he \\ras unwillino· to b wound her feelings by putting her up at auction, and that he would prefer to dispose of her at private sale. }fy grand1nothcr saw through his hypocrisy ; she understood very well that he \vas ashatncd of the job. She \vas a very spirited \VOtnan, and if he was base 011ough to .-ell her, when her tnistress intended f'hc should be free, she was dotcrnliHcd the publi~ sl1ottlcl The New Matter and Miftress. 21 know it. Sho had for a long time supplied tnany families \Vith crackers and preserves; con ·cq uon tly, "A.unt l\[arthy," as she -was called, was generally known, and eYcry body who kno\V her r espected her intelligence an<.l good character. IIer long and faithfttl service in tho family vvas also well known, and the intention of her tnistress to leave her free. vVhcn tho day of sale can1c, she took her place an1ong the chattels, and at tho iir 't call she sprang upon the auction-block. ~1any voices called out, " hatne ! Sha1ne ! "\Vho is going to sell you, aunt l\Iarthy? Don't stand thoro! That i · uo place for you." 'Vithout saying a word, he quietly awaited her fate. No one bid for her. At la t, a feeble voice said, "Bifty dollars." It ca1nc frotn a maiden lady, seventy years old, tho jstcr or tny granc1n1othcr's deceased tni trc s. 1hc had liYod forty years under the satne roof 'vith tny granchnother; she knew how faithfully he had ervccl her O\vncr ·, and h w cruelly she had boon dcfraudecl of her rights; and she resol vcd. to protect her. The auctioneer \va itcd. for a higher bid; but her wish c.· \vere respected; no one bid above her. he could. neither read nor 1vrjtc; and ·when the bill of sale \vas n1ade ont, she igned it \fith a cror::;s. But what con equouce was that, when she had a l>ig heart overflowing with hun1an kinduc s? 1he gave tho olJ servant her frecclon1. .A .. t that ti1ne, tny grand1nothor \VU. j tt. t fifty years old. Laborious years had passed since then; and now 111y brother and I \Vcre slaves to tho tnan who had defrauded her of her n1onoy, anJ tried to defraud her of her feocdon1. One of n1y n1oth r,s si to rs, called Aunt Nancy, ""~as also a slave in his fa1nily. 8hc was a kind, good aunt .to n1e; and r::;upplied the |