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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Servitude for life: an answer to Thomas Carlyle by J. M. Ludlow. (search)
lf the year, and fifteen the other half. Laws of South-Carolina. T. C. N.--Any priv'leges, massa? F. M.--Privileges! Ha! ha! Yes, privileges of John Driver's whip, or of such other punishment as I choose to inflict, and of not being believed on oath if you go and peach against me, and of being sold down South when I please, and of being converted by any parson whom I choose to allow. T. C. N.--Hm. Wife and chil'n my own dis time, mass? F. M.--Ha! ha! ha! Yes — till I or Mr. Overseer want them. But you have the privilege of taking another wife as often as I allow it, and of having as many children as it pays me to bring up. T. C. N.--Beg pardon, massa, but what for you call me servant hired for life? F. M.--What for, you rascal? Because a great man, after whom I named you, when he had written a d — d good book on the nigger question, says that is all the difference between you and those mean, white-livered Yankee working-men, who are hired by the month or the