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SkAVEEY IN THE SOUTH. 181
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van immense allegorical picture , with twenty-three figures as large as . life . It is very badly painted , the figures ill is drawn and inelegant The ,
which , as the picture is on the Greek model , 'unpardonable . rtion . allegory suicide is not & perfect chave ; the men ministers about , to war die , famine mixed , apop "with lexy them , consumpr . This up
spoils the , Monarch the p , icture stern , , for and it calm lias sitting the merit in the of being cave heavil interesting y clothed ; and in
sable fine idea drapery , but , , his badl head y realized and , shoulders . There almost is very lost little in shadow . knowled , is ge a
landscap of art in e America painting , , even or sma very ll treasures little love , of like it ; old but William scarcely any Hunt for ' s
resemble water colors their . Some woods peop , bu le _' t on like ly my one dr person awings here because has enj they oyed see them they ,
and and that looked was at a me poor as Itali I sat an painting image boy , for , who a long came while two or , throug three times h the When lie went
windowand seemed to delight in the color . "away , he grouped begged , together me to , accep which t a he "bas said -relief I mi of ght some paint horses into , a young field with and trees oldy
round them . to As hav all e unlimited my paintings hours are in finished the day and ; so my I hav easel e been packed time to see up and , a I asked seem slave
auction . I went alone , a quarter of an hour before the , the and auctioneer polite , led to me allow upstairs me , to and see showed everything me all . He the was articles very for smiling sale * ,
— babies about . thirty He took women me round and and twenty told men me what , also each twelve articl or e coul fourteen d do . ! This
¦ " She can cook and iron , has worked also in the field" or , " one is a No . 1 cook and ironeiy sell them " & c . He introduced in debtand me he to did the not owne tell r
of the lotwho wanted to being , the onl owner came , from what curiosity I had told ; so him the , owner namel took y , that a great I was deal Eng of lish pains and to
y c make ellent me servant admir and e a would dull-looking just suit mulatress me . At , twelve and said we she all was descended an ex- _, hto hold 1000
peop into le a . dirty There hall were , adjoining three s - ale the s goin street g on , bi at g the enoug sam , e time , and . the
looking room was set crowded they were with , a roug melee h of men all , smoking nations ; I and pitied spitting the . slaves A b , ad for
to these part were with slave so buyers I went . to The listen polit to e another auctioneer , who had was now selling a steamboat a lot of
block women . and " Likel children , irl . Amy A g , irl and w her ith two two children little children ; good cook was ; health on the y y g
girl Amy . What ! only 700 dollars for the three ? that ' s giving them worth away 1000 ! dollars 720—780 ; health - _* - this 735 y famil — time 740 y the , ! good Why washer , gentlemen auctioneer , house , began they servant are in ,
& the three c , same at children 750 way , " & . c health . " Just Fine y at g gal irlfully Sara , guaranteed twenty polite -two , sold years for old no , fault has , had & c .
600 dollars ! Wh , y , gentlemen , , I can't give you this likely gal , " & c .
Skaveey In The South. 181
_SkAVEEY IN THE SOUTH . 181
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 181, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/37/
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