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Updated: May 17, 2025

"Law, Massa Gulian, you tink falling down dat stair gwine to hurt dis chile?" began Pompey, who entertained a warm affection for the mischievous Peter and dreaded nothing so much as a scolding from his master. "Dose stairs don't 'mount to nuffin; ef it had been de area steps dey moughten be dangerous. Massa knows boys mus' have dey fun: please 'cuse me for makin' such a bobbery."

Jeanie Gould Lincoln - An Unwilling Maid: Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American: Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott