Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery by William Craft;Ellen Craft
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majority of such men care nothing for the happi-
ness of the women with whom they live, nor for the children of whom they are the fathers, there are those to be found, even in that heterogeneous mass of licentious monsters, who are true to their pledges. But as the woman and her children are legally the property of the man, who stands in the anomalous relation to them of husband and father, as well as master, they are liable to be seized and sold for his debts, should he become involved. There are several cases on record where such persons have been sold and separated for life. I know of some myself, but I have only space to glance at one. I knew a very humane and wealthy gentleman, that bought a woman, with whom he lived as his * It is unlawful in the slave States for any one of purely European descent to intermarry with a person of African ex- traction; though a white man may live with as many coloured women as he pleases without materially damaging his reputa- tion in Southern society. wife. They brought up a family of children, among whom were three nearly white, well edu- cated, and beautiful girls. On the father being suddenly killed it was found |
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