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Updated: June 5, 2025
En w'eneber any er de boys en gals 'ud 'mence ter git sweet on one ernudder, he 'd sell one er de yuther un 'em, er sen' 'em way down in Robeson County ter his yuther plantation, whar dey could n' nebber see one ernudder. "Ef any er de niggers eber complained, dey got fo'ty; so co'se dey did n' many un 'em complain.
The old woman was opening the windows, letting in the fresh breath of a honeysuckle, and framing a view of the sea beyond. "How long have you lived here, aunty?" "'Most fo'ty years, sah. Long 'fo' Massa John Talbot died." "Where's old Anthony?" I said. "What Anthony? De fust major's body-servant?" "Yes." "Go 'long, honey. He's daid dese twenty years.
Fo'ty yeahs ago who'd 'a' ever expected ter see a nigger gal ridin' in her own buggy? My, my! but I don' know, I don' know! It don' look right, an' it ain' gwine ter las'! you can't make me b'lieve!" Meantime Janet, stung by Mrs. Carteret's look, the nearest approach she had ever made to a recognition of her sister's existence, had turned away with hardening face.
Den Marse Ben got sick and cum home and brung me along and I staid with 'em 'til I wuz 'bout fo'ty, when I gets married and moved to Wyllis Hill. My wife, was Mary Williams, but she died long time 'go and so did our little son, since dat time I've lived alone." "I think Abraham Lincoln wuz a mighty fine man, he is de 'Saint of de colured race'." "Good day suh."
"I am sorry I haven't the map, but we can get along very well with this;" and he unloaded the cruets. "This mustard-pot, here, is Caartersville, the startin'-point of our system. This town, suh, has now a population of mo' than fo' thousand people; in five years it will have fo'ty thousand.
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