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Behind the Scenes. 47
for hope pointed to a freer, brighter life in the
future. Why should my son be held in slavery ?
I often asked myself. He came into the world
through no will of mine, and yet, God only knows
how I loved him. The Anglo-Saxon blood as
well as the African flowed in his veins ; the two
currents commingled—one singing of freedom,
the other silent and sullen with generations of
despair. Why should not the Anglo-Saxon triumph—why should it be weighed down with the
rich blood typical of the tropics % Must the life-
current of one race bind the/other race in chains
as strong and enduring as if there had been no
Anglo-Saxon taint ? By the laws of God and nature, as interpreted by man, one-half of my boy
was free, and why should not this fair birthright
of freedom remove the curse from the other
half—raise it into the bright, joyous sunshine
of liberty? I could not answer these questions
of my heart that almost maddened me, and I
learned to regard human philosophy with dis-
| Title | Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House |
| Creator | Keckley, Elizabeth |
| Publisher | G.W. Carleton & Co. |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1868 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000052 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Behind the Scenes. 47 for hope pointed to a freer, brighter life in the future. Why should my son be held in slavery ? I often asked myself. He came into the world through no will of mine, and yet, God only knows how I loved him. The Anglo-Saxon blood as well as the African flowed in his veins ; the two currents commingled—one singing of freedom, the other silent and sullen with generations of despair. Why should not the Anglo-Saxon triumph—why should it be weighed down with the rich blood typical of the tropics % Must the life- current of one race bind the/other race in chains as strong and enduring as if there had been no Anglo-Saxon taint ? By the laws of God and nature, as interpreted by man, one-half of my boy was free, and why should not this fair birthright of freedom remove the curse from the other half—raise it into the bright, joyous sunshine of liberty? I could not answer these questions of my heart that almost maddened me, and I learned to regard human philosophy with dis- |
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