Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.

Death is better than slavery.

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.