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My bondage and freedom5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Slaves, generally, will fight each other, and die at each other's hands but there are few who are not held in awe by a white man. Despite of Covey, too, the report got abroad, that I was hard to whip that I was guilty of kicking back that though generally a good tempered Negro, I sometimes "got the devil in me." These sayings were rife in Talbot county, and they distinguished me among my servile brethren. ![]() I cared very little into whose hands I fell-I meant to fight my way. ![]() There is always more or less excitement about the matter of changing hands, but I had become somewhat reckless. ![]() My home for the year 1835 was already secured-my next master was already selected. I gladly left the snakish Covey, although he was now as gentle as a lamb. Edward Covey ended on Christmas day, 1834. New Relations and Duties CHANGE OF MASTERS-BENEFITS DERIVED BY THE CHANGE-FAME OF THE FIGHT WITH COVEY-RECKLESS UNCONCERN-MY ABHORRENCE OF SLAVERY-ABILITY TO READ A CAUSE OF PREJUDICE-THE HOLIDAYS-HOW SPENT-SHARP HIT AT SLAVERY-EFFECTS OF HOLIDAYS-A DEVICE OF SLAVERY-DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVEY AND FREELAND-AN IRRELIGIOUS MASTER PREFERRED TO A RELIGIOUS ONE-CATALOGUE OF FLOGGABLE OFFENSES-HARD LIFE AT COVEY'S USEFUL-IMPROVED CONDITION NOT FOLLOWED BY CONTENTMENT-CONGENIAL SOCIETY AT FREELAND'S-SABBATH SCHOOL INSTITUTED-SECRECY NECESSARY-AFFECTIONATE RELATIONS OF TUTOR AND PUPILS-CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG SLAVES-I DECLINE PUBLISHING PARTICULARS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FRIENDS-SLAVERY THE INVITER OF VENGEANCE. ![]()
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