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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

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Biographies General19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 8119007921
ISBN13: 9788119007929
Publisher: Sanage Publishing House Llp
Published: Apr 4 2023
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
...we were only slaves, and had no legal rights; consequently we were compelled to smother our wounded feelings, and crouch beneath the iron heel of despotism. I must now give the account of our escape; but, before doing so, it may be well to quote a few passages from the fundamental laws of slavery; in order to give some idea of the legal as well as the social tyranny from which we fled. According to the law of Louisiana, A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what must belong to his master.--Civil Code, art. 35....

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