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James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., My first trip. (search)
eculiar expression of their eyes: I saw at once that my colored companion was struggling with the suspicion that he might be speaking to a spy. You come from de North? he asked cautiously. I am a Northern abolitionist: do you know what that means? Oh, yes, massa, said Sambo, you's for the slave. Do you tink, massa, dafew more trivial remarks and I asked: Are you a free man? No, sir, I am a slave. Who owns you? --------; but he hires me out. Have you ever been North? No, sir, I never was. You would like to go there and be free, I suppose? He gave me a penetrating look before replying. I seem to have stood the test; r Douglas uses footpad language on the stump for — to avoid the answering of disagreeable questions. No, massa, --a long chuckle--I'd not like to be free. In de North, de free colored pop'lation isn't able to get ‘long widout eating one anoder. Who told you that? I inquired. De masters of de ships from dar. (He was a
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., My second trip. (search)
d get away, I would n't come back. Mass'r, he added, I's heerd dat in England, a colored man is treated jest as well as dey do white folks. Is dat true, mass'r? I believe so, I replied. Is colored people treated as well as white folks at de North? Why, no, I was forced to reply, not quite. There is a little prejudice everywhere, a great deal in some places, against them. But still, at the North, a colored person need never be insulted by a white man, as he is here, unless he be a coe North, I said. Yes, sah, said the slave, who seemed to be satisfied with my appearance, he is a very hard master. Have you ever run away? Yes; I have run away twice. Did you run North? No, he replied; I am told no one kin get to de North from here without being taken. Besides, I do n't know de way. How far did you run? I just went round to de next county, he said. If you knew the way to the North, would you try to get there? I inquired. Would you run the risk of bei