I love my mammy as much as I do my own mother, and I believe she loves us just as if we were her own children.

When we are sick I am sure that she could not do anything more for us than she does." "But, Iola," responded one of her school friends, "after all, they are not free.

Would you be satisfied to have the most beautiful home, the costliest jewels, or the most elegant wardrobe if you were a slave ?" "Oh, the cases are not parallel.

Our slaves do not want their freedom.
They would not take it if we gave it to them." "That is not the case with them all.

My father has seen men who have encountered almost incredible hardships to get their freedom.