Carolina QuotesPerceiving that I was getting along so well, I began, slave as I was, to think about taking a wife.
Lunsford Lane Carolinian
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The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an Account of His Early Life, the Redemption by Purchase of Himself and Family from Slavery, and His Banishment from the Place of His Birth for the Crime of Wearing a Colored Skin. Published by Himself (1842)
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- The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an Account of His Early Life, the Redemption by Purchase of Himself and Family from Slavery, and His Banishment from the Place of His Birth for the Crime of Wearing a Colored Skin. Published by Himself
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- 1842
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“Perceiving that I was getting along so well, I began, slave …” Lunsford Lane. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F646BFFE1D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f646bffe1d
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I told her that it reminded me of a poor shoemaker in the neighborhood who purchased a ticket in a lottery; but not expecting to draw, the fact of his purchasing it had passed out of his mind.
So that, both as to food and clothing, I had in fact to support both my wife and the children, while he claimed them as his property, and received all their labor.
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