granchillen

Updated: May 7, 2025

Dat mornin' she war taken sick wid de fever, an' in a few days she war gone out like de snuff ob a candle. She lef' several sons, an' I specs she would almos' turn ober in her grave ef she know'd she had ten culled granchillen somewhar down in de lower kentry." "Isn't it funny," said Robert, "how these white folks look down on colored people, an' then mix up with them?"

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