Identifier: journeyinseaboarolms (find matches)
Title: A journey in the seaboard slave states : with remarks on their economy
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Subjects: Slavery
Publisher: New York : Dix & Edwards London : Sampson Low, Son & co.
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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st thatdistance apart each way. The people were nearly all absent atwork, and had locked their outer doors, taking the keys withthem. Each cabin has a front and back door, and each room awindow, closed by a wooden shutter, swinging outward, onhinges. Between each tenement and the next house, is a smallpiece of ground, inclosed with palings, in which are coops offowl with chickens, hovels for nests, and for sows with pig.There were a great many fowls in the street. The negroesswine are allowed to run in the woods, each owner having hisown distinguished by a peculiar mark. In the rear of the yardswere gardens—a half-acre to each family. Internally the cabinsappeared dirty and disordered, which was rather a pleasant indi-cation that their home-life was not much interfered with, thoughI found certain police regulations were enforced. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. 423 The cabin nearest the overseers house was used as a nursery.Having driven up to this, Mr. X. inquired first of an old nurse
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how the children were; whether there had been any births sincehis last visit; spoke to two convalescent young mothers, thatwere lounging on the floor of the portico, with the children, andthen asked if there were any sick people. Nobody, oney dat boy, Sam, sar. What Sam is that? Dat little Sam, sar; Toms Sues Sam, sar. Whats the matter with him? Don spec deres noting much de matter wid him now, t 424 OUR SLAVE STATES. sar. He came in Sady, complainin he had de stomach-ache,an I gin him some ile, sar; spec he mus be well, dis time, buthe din go out dis mornin. Well, Ill see to him. Mr. X. went to Toms Sues cabin, looked at the boy, and,concluding that he was well, though he lay abed, and pretendedto cry with pain, ordered him to go out to work. Then, meet-ing the overseer, who was just riding away, on some business offthe plantation, he remained some time in conversation with him,while I occupied myself in making a sketch of the nursery andthe street of the settlement in my note-book.

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