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Show g8 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. every thing in 1ny grand1nothcr' honfic as neatly as pos.:iblc. I put white qui~ts on the heel~.' and dec~ rated :omc of t.hc roorn wtLh flower ·. \\ h 'll all "\\'U.S arrano·ed, I sat down at the winclo\V to "\vat eh. Far as 111y eye conlJ. reach, it rested on a 1notl 'Y crow<l of soldier . Dnuns anu fifes ·were d.iscour ·ing nutrLial 111u ·ic. The 111Cn wore tJi,·idcd into co1npanies of sixto n, each headed by a captain. O;·d rs were given, and. tho wild .: ·out rn:hcu in O\'cry c1iroction, ·wherever a colored face wa. · to be found. lt wa a grand opportunity for the lo·w whites, who had no ncgroo of iheir own to scnnrgo. They exulted in such a chance to exerci ·o a little brief authority, and how their nh ·crricncy to tho ·laYoholclers; not r ofi ctin o· t1w.t the power which tran1pled on the colored people al:o kept thc1n el vc in po-rerty, i \rnorancc, U.llU lllOr::tl U gradation. rrho '0 "\YhO llOY 1' "\Yitnc~:eJ such ·cone. can hardly believe what I know waf-1 inflictcJ at thi tin1c on innocent 1uen, \VOn1 n, an(l chilo ron, again ·t whonl thoro was not tho ~ljgb tc~t ground for n picion. Colored people and ~luso · ·who liYed in re1note part of the town ufforcd in an .-p ·ialHutnnor. In son1e ca c the oa.rchcr scatter d 1 owder and ·hot among their clothe. , anJ then cnt other partie to find thmn, and lJring th 1n forward a proof that they wore plottin<r in~urrc tion. Bvery where n1cn, "\VOnlcn, and children were whipped till the blood stood in puddles at their feet. t\onlC received five bnndr ·d la ~hcs; other~ were ii tl han<ls auc1 fp L nnc1 t or htr<~tl ~with a htH.:l·ing pculcllc·, wh ich bli~;tl' t'. the ~kin L<'ITillly. The dwellin<rs of the olorcd people, unle:-. they happencu to be protecteu by so1ne influential white person, who Fear of Infurrection. 99 was nigh at hand, \Vere robbed of clothing ancl eYory thing eL·c the 1narandcrs thought worth carrying away. All day long thc:c unfeeling "\vrctdws "\rent round, like a troop of clcn1ons, t errifyiug and tonneuting the helplos . At night, they fonned thcn1solvc · in to patrol band , and well t wh rever they ch o~ ' mnoncr tho colored people, acli11g ont their brutal will. ~ [ any won1cn hid thmn ·cl\' \~ ju \voocls and ,·wan1p:-.;, to k 'ep OltL of their "\\'ay. lf any of tho hu.-lJands or fathe rs tol tl of tho c outrno· , , they '"oro Lied Hp to the pnl>lie whipping post, and. cruelly ~courg d for telling lies abont white 111011. The con stern at ion "\\'Us uni Ycr ·al. K o two people that had. tl1c .-1 igh te t ti ngo of col or in their faces dared to be con talking iognth 'r. I entertaineJ no positive fears about our honschohl, bccau c we "\vero ]n tho n1id.t of whiLe fmnilio · who would protec~t us. \V c "\Vere rc:.llly to receive the soluior · whenever they can1 . l t was not long before we heard the trmnp of feet and the :o1.u1d of Yoice ·. Tho uoor was rudely pushed open ; and 111 th y Lnlnblcd, like a pack of lnlu<rry wolv s. They ~nntched at every thing "\Vi tl1 in th eir r \a ·h. }J,-e ry box, trunk, clo:ot, and cornel' UIH.lerw .. en t a ihorongh exmuiuation. A_ box in one of the draw e r~ containing ~otne ·ilvcr change "\\"i.'l.' agerly pounco<l upon. \Yhcn I st ppcd. forward i o take it front thcn1, one of tho :ul<1iers tu rll d. and .-aid angrily, " \Vh at cl 'yo fuller us fur'? D'yc s'po~o white folks i.- co1ne to steal '?" I replied, "You lw.ve cO JHC to search · hut yon have soarcheu that 1JOx, ancl I will take it, if you plea!-~' . " A.t that lUOUlent I f-\aw a white gentleu1 n.n who \ras friendly to u ; and I ealleJ to hi1n, ancl asked hi1n to |