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262 S2LATERY IN THE SOUTH.
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<> Savannah, 4th March.—Here In This Hou...
good taste . The history of the foundation of Savannah is very interesting * . In the beautiful fir wood where I have been several
times to paint , I have heard a pleasant voice singing hymns . Yesterday the singer appeared—a young negro girl , very slight and
sniall , but she says eighteen years of age . She and her little sister natural of four or to five negroes sang to to me sing negro 1 than songs to talk and . A hymns boy came ; it seems and joined more
them ; and after some conversation I found he was much given to running away and was often -whipped for it . The girl said she
would never do anything so wicked . I was very much amused with anybod these y like children you . ' and They they wer were e not amused sure whether with me I . was " Never Indian was or
not . They peeled off the inner bark of the fir , and chewed it like tobacco ; but the girl said . " If master seed us do that he'd whius
because it spoils the teeth , . " The boy was sent for to bring a p cart , and horse to his master directlybut he very coolly put it offin a
way that would have lost a boy , his place in England . This , fir / wood is a lovely place to settle in , healthy and beautiful . I can .
hardly imagine any pleasanter country for emigrants to come to than the neighborhood of Savannah . I heard the stroke of the
axe , and the trees falling at intervals , as I drew all day ; and I understood the pleasure of cutting a square hole in the dense wood
Ibuilding ¦ was doing a with house the , and certaint making y of a making market a garden good , living as this . young mart ,
_Jbfarch 13 . —On boa ? 'd the Swan , '' SavanncvhUiver . —Many planters and their families are on board ; this boat being their ert
supported for their convenience , to us it is something like prop being y , their guest . I have talked a good deal with them , but found
nothing remarkable except the dress and manner of one young lady , who was the most perfectly Men mise of any American I have
seen ; but when she spoke the charm vanished . They all thought it a great hardship to live on the fare of the boat , which I thought
and excellent were said . anxious I found love to some the hear negro about women our Princess who talked and very her p marriage leasantly , .
They , " We Queen of England so much , that if she was to come and see us she should go mad with joy" It is a glorious thing for our Queen to be so lovedand I wish she knew it . The
here believe the Queen is their , friend and would free them negroes if she could ; I hope this is true . I was very lad that I too had a
hearty affection for " our royal family , " g and could describe the whole group as I saw _theni at the oratorio at the Crystal Palace .
One young mulattress said , " I hear the Princess wore no hoops at her marriage ; is it so ? " I said most likely it was . All these women
had " I'd the rather wish live to all be free my days ; and on one a crust of the of bread party as who I am was than so s be aid a ,
slave . I was born free . " This woman got ten dollars a month on the boat and presents beside .
I left our little Clara at Savannah with real sorrow ; in two
262 S2latery In The South.
262 S _2 _LATERY IN THE SOUTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 262, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/46/
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