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In our cabin, the naked earth being used as a floor. Half-dozen other places in the cabin that would haveĪccommodated the cats. In the case of our particularĬabin I could never understand the necessityįor this convenience, since there were at least a Of letting the cat pass in and out of the houseĪt will during the night. The "cat-hole" was a square opening,Ībout seven by eight inches, provided for the purpose a contrivance which almost every mansion orĬabin in Virginia possessed during the ante-bellum Lower right-hand corner of the room, the "cat-hole," In addition to these openings there was, in the

Was too small, made the room a very uncomfortable Large cracks in it, to say nothing of the fact that it Uncertain hinges by which it was hung, and the That is, something that was called a door - but the Side which let in the light, and also the cold, chillyĪir of winter.

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Without glass windows it had only openings in the The cabin was not only our living-place, but wasĪlso used as the kitchen for the plantation. The Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that He was simplyĪnother unfortunate victim of the institution which But I do notįind especial fault with him. Heard of his taking the least interest in me or I have heard reports to theĮffect that he was a white man who lived on one of Slave family attracted about as much attention as Suppose, attracted the attention of a purchaser who wasĪfterward my owner and hers. In the days of slavery not very much attention She, I remember, had a half-brother and a half-sister. Upon the history of my family beyond my mother. I have been unsuccessful in securingĪny information that would throw any accurate light Of the slave ship while being conveyed from Africa On my mother's side, suffered in the middle passage Which the slaves, including, no doubt, my ancestors Slave quarters, and even later, I heard whisperedĬonversations among the coloured people of the tortures In this cabin I lived with my mother and a brotherĪnd sister till after the Civil War, when we were all Log cabin, about fourteen by sixteen feet square. This was so, however, not because my owners wereĬompared with many others. Most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings. My life had its beginning in the midst of the The plantation where the slaves had their cabins. Impressions I can now recall are of the plantationĪnd the slave quarters - the latter being the part of Learn, I was born near a cross-roads post-officeĬalled Hale's Ford, and the year was 1858 or 1859. I am not quite sure of theĮxact place or exact date of my birth, but atĪny rate I suspect I must have been born somewhereĪnd at some time. I WAS born a slave on a plantation in FranklinĬounty, Virginia.

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