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are fed full daily; and, because some incline to pine, a fiddle is kept commonly go- ing among them, and they are made to dance daily; and he who refuses to be merry-in whose soul thoughts of wife, or child, or home, are too strong for him to be gay-is marked as sullen and dangerous and subjected to all the evils which the ill will of an utterly irresponsible and hardened man can inflict upon him. Briskness, alertness, and cheerfulness of appearance, especially before observers, are constantly enforced upon them, both by the hope of thereby getting a good master, and the fear of all that the driver may bring upon them, if they prove un- salable. “What dat ar nigger doin’ here?” said Sambo, coming up to Tom, after Mr. Skeggs had left the room. Sambo was a full black, of great size, very lively, vol- uble, and full of trick and grimace. “What you doin’ here?” said Sambo, coming up to Tom, and poking him face- tiously in the side. “Meditatin’, eh?” “I am to be sold at the auction, to-morrow!” said Tom, quietly. “Sold at auctions-haw! haw! boys, an’t this yer fun? I wish’t I was gwine that ar way!- tell ye, wouldn’t I make ‘em laugh? But how is it,- dis yer whole lot gwine to-morrow?” said Sambo, laying his hand freely on Adolph’s shoulder. “Please to let me alone!” said Adolph, fiercely, straightening himself up, with extreme disgust. |
