She was dark complexioned, but very beautiful; and the smile of welcome with which she used to meet him was peculiarly fascinating.

I did not marvel that _he_ loved her; while at the same time, in common with all the house servants, I regarded her as a being possessed with an evil spirit,--half woman, and half fiend.
Soon after the settlement of the estate, I heard my master speak of going out to Alabama.

His wife had 1500 acres of wild land in Greene County in that State: and he had been negociating for 500 more.

Early in the summer of 1833, he commenced making preparations for removing to that place a sufficient number of hands to cultivate it.

He took great pains to buy up the wives and husbands of those of his own slaves who had married out of the estate, in order, as he said, that his hands might be contented in Alabama, and not need chaining together while on their journey.