The Degradation, The Wrongs, The Vices, That

My Master Had Power And Law On His Side; I Had A Determined Will. There Is Might In Each.

If A Slave Is Unwilling To Go With His New Master, He Is Whipped, Or Locked Up In Jail, Until He Consents To Go, And Promises Not To Run Away During The Year.

When I Was Six Years Old, My Mother Died; And Then, For The First Time, I Learned, By The Talk Around Me, That I Was A Slave.

The Slave Girl Is Reared In An Atmosphere Of Licentiousness And Fear.

Death Is Better Than Slavery.