...suppose you will soon have negroes of your own." " Hi ! Hab one now, master." " Who, Tom ?" — " 01' Sarah, master." " Old Sarah ! she is your wife." "...this privilege. Few fail in making up the sum ; and generally they earn more, if industrious, which is expended in little luxuries, or laid by in an old...

...who, finding them qualified for some occupation in which they cannot afford to employ them, hire thom to citizens, as mechanics, cooks, waiters, nurses,...this privilege. Few fail in making up the sum; and generally they earn more, if industrious, which is expended in little luxuries, or laid by in an old...

...cooks, waiters, nurses, &c., and receive the monthly wages for their services. Some steady slaves arc permitted to 'hire their own time;' that is, to go...time," are seldom rigorous in rating their labour %ery hi^h. But whether the slave earn less or more than the specified sum, he must always pay that,...

...call to-morrow and you shall have a muslin.' — The South West, by a Yankee, vol. ii., p. 242. * " Many of the negroes who swarm in the cities are what...this privilege. Few fail in making up the sum; and generally they earn more, if industrious, which is expended in little luxuries, or laid by in an old...

...and earn what they can, as porters, labourers, gardeners, or in other ways, and pay a stipulated sura weekly to their owners, which will be regulated according...this privilege. Few fail in making up the sum; and generally they earn more, if industrious, which is expended in little luxuries, or laid by in an old...