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Show 18+ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. ble thunder storms ,vere acceptable, for the rain came through the roof, and 1 roUe~ up n1y be<! tha 1 t it 1night cool the hot board~ under 1t. Later 111 t 1e a.·on, stornL' son1ctiu1c ·wet 1ny clothe · through and through, and that ·wa · not co1nfortaulc ·when the air grew chilly. ~Iodcrate .tonu · I could keep out Ly 11lling the chjnks \vith oalnun. Hut unco1nfortable as n1y situation \vas, I had gliu1p c · of thing out of doors, \vhich u1a<le me thankful for 1uy \Vrctehccl hidin o·-placc. One clay I .·aw a slaTe pa ·s our o·aLc, ll1Uttcrino·, " It' his own, anu he can kill it if l1e will.'~ l\fy vrandn1other tol<l 1nc that \vonul.n'.· hi tory. IIcr Juistrcs: had Lhat day ·ecn her ba1Jy for the ftr~t titne, and in the li110alncnts of its fajr face ,·he saw a likcne ·s to h er husuan<l. She turned the bon<l won1an aud her chilJ. out of door:, and forLaue her eYer to return. The .'laYe \V nt to her Inastcr, an<l told hin1 what had happcnc<l. lie pronliscd to talk \vith her u1istrcs ·, and nutkc it all right. The next clay she anu her baby \Verc ..;old. to a. Georgia trader . .A ..n other titnc I saw a wotnan ru ·h \viluly by, pur-sued by two 1ueiL She was a slave, the wet nu1"C of her n1i trc. ·'s children. For onle trifling o[cnce her 1ni tress ordered her to be stripped. and \vbippccl. To e cape the degradation an l the tortnn~, she ru~hcd to the river, jn1nped in, and enUCU her \Yrongs in death. Senator Brown, of l\li ·si ·sippi, could not Le jgnorant of n1any such facts as these, fur they arc of frequent occurrence in cYcry Southern ~ 1tatc. Y ct he tood up in the Congr '. s of the Uniteu ~Lates, and deelarcu that slavery wa:::; " a great tnoral, ::;acini, aucl political bless- 1 Still in Prifon. iug; a blessing to the master, and a Lle ·sing to tho 1 ,, save. I suffered much more during the econcl \vinter than I did during the fir t. ~fy li1nb · \Vcre bCJnunbcd by inaction, and the colcl filled thcn1 \ViLh cnnnp. I had a very painful sensation of coluuesf:l in 1ny h ead; oven lTIY face and tongue stiffened, anu I lost the power of speech. Of COUrSe it WUS itnpos ·iulc, UIHJ.cr the circumstances, to sum1non any phy. ·ician. ~ly brother William can1e and clicl all he could for me. Uncle Phillip also watched tenderly over me ; and poor grandmother crept up and do·wn to inquire whether there were any signs of returning life. I \vas restored to consciousness by the dashing of cold water in 1ny face, and found myself leaning against n1y brother's arm, while he bent over n1e with streatning eyes. IIc afterwards told 1nc he thought I \Vas dying, for I had been in an unconscious state ·ixtecu hours. I next becan1e delirious, and \Vas in great danger of betraying n1y ·elf and my friends. To prevent this, they stupefied 1ne with drugs. I re1nained in bed six weeks, weary in body and sick at heart. I-Iow to get 1ncdical advice was the question. 'Villiam finally went to a Tholnpsonian doctor, and describeJ. hi1n elf as having all 1ny pains and aches. lie returned with herbs, roots, and ointment. lie \Vas especially charged to rub on the ointlnen t by a fire ; but ho\v could a fire be 1ua<lc in 1ny little den ? Charcoal in a furnace \vas tried, Lut there was no outlet for the gas, and it nearly co ~t n1c 1ny life. Afterwards coal·, already kindled, ·were hroughL up in an iron pan, and placed on hri k . I \\·a ... o weak, and it was so long since I had enjoyed the wanuth of a fire, l(J .... |