00000339 |
Previous | 339 of 390 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
334 Appendix.
they would desire to speak. You know yourself
how innocently I have acted, and from the best
and purest motives. The)' will howl on to prevent my disposing of my things. What a vile,
vile set they are! The Tribune here, Mr. White's
paper, wrote a very jbeautiful editorial yesterday
in my behalf; yet knowing that I have been
deprived of my rights by the party, I suppose
I would be mobbed if I ventured out. What
a world of anguish this is—and how I have been
made to suffer! * * * You would not
recognize me now. The glass shows me a pale,
wretched, haggard face, and my dresses are
like bags on me. And all because I was doing what I felt to be my duty. Our minister,
Mr. Swazey, called on me yesterday and said I
had done perfectly right. Mrs. F says every
one speaks in the same way. The politicians,
knowing they have deprived me of my just
rights, would prefer to see me starve, rather than
dispose of my things. They will prevent the
| 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 | 00000339 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 334 Appendix. they would desire to speak. You know yourself how innocently I have acted, and from the best and purest motives. The)' will howl on to prevent my disposing of my things. What a vile, vile set they are! The Tribune here, Mr. White's paper, wrote a very jbeautiful editorial yesterday in my behalf; yet knowing that I have been deprived of my rights by the party, I suppose I would be mobbed if I ventured out. What a world of anguish this is—and how I have been made to suffer! * * * You would not recognize me now. The glass shows me a pale, wretched, haggard face, and my dresses are like bags on me. And all because I was doing what I felt to be my duty. Our minister, Mr. Swazey, called on me yesterday and said I had done perfectly right. Mrs. F says every one speaks in the same way. The politicians, knowing they have deprived me of my just rights, would prefer to see me starve, rather than dispose of my things. They will prevent the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| B |
|
| C |
|
| G |
|
| H |
|
| M |
|
| T |
|
| U |
|
| Y |
|
|
|
