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Updated: May 14, 2025
"Why, yer see, he war dar, sah: he come down de ribber on de same boat wid de driber an' Vina.
He pump water on ole Zip 'gainst him will glad when young mass' druv im way from de pump." "Ha! you were forced to it, then?" "Ye, mass', forced by da Yankee driber. Try make me do so odder time. I 'fuse punish Zip odder time dat's why you see dis yeer dam!" "You were flogged for refusing to punish Scipio?"
'Yes, says he: 'I be de messenger ob de Lord, an' my name is John Brown, but I don't s'pose yer ebber heern tell ob it. 'No, massa, says I, 'we don't see no powerful sight ob angels down in de rice-swamps. 'Well, keep a-watchin' an' a-waitin', says he, 'an' yer will heer from me ag'in. Wid dat de driber come up, and he tole him he guessed he wouldn't buy me dat day; and den he went away.
In another minute I became aware that my suspicions were unjust. I had been wronging the man who stood before me. All at once his attitude changed. His uplifted arm fell by his side; the expression of fierce menace disappeared; and in as mild a tone as his rough voice was capable of giving utterance to, he said "Oh! you mass' brack man's friend! Dam! thought 'twar da cussed Yankee driber!"
Den he marries de peartest ob de gals to de mizzablest ob de ole men. When de time fur de auction come, dar was plenty ob buyers for de gals, but nobody wanted dem good-for-nuffin' ole husbands. 'Can't help it, says de driber 'Can't help it, no way whatsumebber: it's ag'in our principles to part families.
De driber he'd done bought up a heap ob likely young gals all de way down t'roo' Missouri an' de udder towns what neighbored on to de ribber han'somest young women he could find, what'd bring a high price in New Orleans an' when he gits dar, what's he do but go roun' to all de slabe-pens an' buy up a heap ob worn-out, or'nary old niggers, what had been worked to def in de rice-swamps, an' nobody wouldn't gib five dollars for.
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