![]() Your experiences in the Field, in the House, and especially on the River in the service of the slave-trader, Walker, have been such as few individuals have had -no one, certainly, who has been competent to describe them. Your opportunities of observing the workings of this accursed system have been singularly great. Douglass, and gives us a glimpse of its hideous cruelties in other portions of its domain. It presents a different phase of the infernal slave-system from that portrayed in the admirable story of Mr. I am much mistaken if it be not greatly successful and eminently useful. I have read it with deep interest and strong emotion. MY DEAR FRIEND:-I heartily thank you for the privilege of reading the manuscript of your Narrative. In the multitude that you have succored, it is very possible that you may not remember me but until I forget God and myself, I can never forget you. Sufferings from which I was fleeing when you had compassion upon me. Base indeed should I be, if I ever forget what I owe to you, or do anything to disgrace that honored name!Īs a slight testimony of my gratitude to my earliest benefactor, I take the liberty to inscribe to you this little Narrative of the Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me. THIRTEEN years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Who gains his fortune from the blood of souls?Įntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Slaves' writings, American - Missouri.įinished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing.Slavery - Missouri - History - 19th century.Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century.Plantation life - Missouri - History - 19th century.Fugitive slaves - United States - Biography.Spell-check and verification made against printed text using Author/Editor (SoftQuad) and Microsoft Word spell check programs. Indentation in lines has not been preserved. Removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined toĪll quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed asĪll double right and left quotation marks are encoded as " and "Īll single right and left quotation marks are encoded as ' and ' respectively. Typographical errors have been preserved, and appear in red type.Īny hyphens occurring in line breaks have been Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved. ![]() This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy. Recommendations for Level 4 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. The text has been entered using double-keying and verified against the original. The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CHĭigitization project, Documenting the American South. 25 CORNHILL.ĭavis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, NO. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Supported the electronic publication of this title.Īpex Data Services, Inc., Elizabeth S. Written by Himself:įunding from the National Endowment for the Humanities | Buy DocSouth Books Narrative of William W. ![]()
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