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James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States. 4 0 Browse Search
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whip Mahala; but as she was sickly she couldn't do it — for we girls never would allow a woman to strike us — and so she had to get her husband to do it. He often whipped her ; sometimes stripped her, and sometimes not. A great misfortune. Serena and Manda, my other sisters, were both sold out of the family, privately, to a man of the name of Elisha Arrington, Or Errington, Malinda did not know how it was spelt. of Platte county, Missouri. He lives on the prairie between Fort Leavenwoand sold. Manda was sold to a Mr. Jacks. Mr. Jacks is a very nice sort of man, but his wife treated Manda very badly. Our family are all high-spirited, and would never let a woman strike them. That's the reason why we've been sold so often. Serena was sold to a man named Yates, who lived up in Savannah. He bought her husband too. Mr. Yates kept her about seven years. None of us knew where she was all the time. She had two or three children. Then he sold her, but kept her children. She h