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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 46 (search)
dared to suggest; But then, that's all right, as the world must have rice, If lives of old whites raise the whitest and best, Why, we must have our crop, and we must pay the price. You were handcuffed, and off to twelve hours a day In a sweltering swamp, with a smart overseer, Sure, if you do any thing — speak, think, or pray, But as master allows, for that crime to pay dear: A beast — every right of a man set at naught-- Every power chained down — every feeling defied-- To exist for the labor for which you were bought, Till the memory of manhood has out of you died. And as you went off, looking rueful enough, I couldn't help thinking, my sage, in my dream, You perhaps might be taught in a school rather rough, On “hirings for life” to have views less extreme, That when you've tried slavery's hell for awhile, The misery of millions won't seem a good joke, A grin from the dulness of fools to beguile-- And thinking this, Thomas, thank heaven! I awoke. W. C. Bennett. Blackheat