Carolina QuotesMy grandmother remained in her service as a slave; but her children were divided among her master's children.
Harriet Jacobs Carolinian
Source
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself (1861)
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- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself
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- 1861
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We were not allowed to visit him; but we had known the jailer for years, and he was a kind-hearted man.
I would ten thousand times rather that my children should be the half-starved paupers of Ireland than to be the most pampered among the slaves of America. I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress. The felon's home in a penitentiary is preferable. He may repent, and turn from the error of his ways, and so find peace; but it is not so with a favorite slave. She is not allowed to have any pride of character. It is deemed a crime in her to wish to be virtuous.
His strongest wish was to purchase his children; but, though he several times offered his hard earnings for that purpose, he never succeeded.