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AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS,, 163
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For It Is Some Certain Time That A More ...
strugg which le is for slowl the y liberty teaching of both the the white races han . d to grasp the "black in this great
secesh " Havin princi g been les warned flourished not to even be too under rampant the respectable on the subject nose of sl of avery Father , as
AbrahamI had p endeavored to walk discreetly and curb my unruly member , looking about , me with all my eyes had the not while been , and there saving up week the result before of the my
observations for future use . I a neg black an urgent lected souls , appeal devil Much -may to as leave -care the nursing expression lazy boys white and in many bodies of and irl the s take faces tormented some about care me me for I seemed these liked
themand . found that any show of interest saucy or friendliness g brought , out the . better tlreir , cheerfulness traits which for live the in the dreariest most degraded old hag who and forsaken scrubbed of all us day all . in I that like
tossed her pestilential free th from eir babies stream drud , gery , with gossi . the pped The tender and girls pride grinned romped that all with makes the their way mother dusk out y - , love when sweethearts a beautifier night , set or
and to the often homeliest as I held face . The watch men the and silence boys of sang the and niht whistled was sweetl all day broken long- , gy
h by eaven some or chorus , of hoe from cakes my the and street as , , full I listened of real I melod felt that y , whether we never the should song was doubt of . ;
that nor still clings desp ait air and to concerning watch this good and a g hope ift race , , and until which seems the throug end to , . solace h such with bitter it the griefs patient and wrongs hearts
w against shocked "I expected color ; but nei to was hbour have surprised to by defen treating to d find myself the things blacks from just as accusation the I did other the s way of whites a , a prejudice nd . The ly
• some g the men idea would of swear any good at the coming ' darkies from , ' would such trash put two .. The gs into nurses negro were , and willing scoff to at
l scarcel > e served y recognized by the colored them peop in the le , but street seldom ; whereat thanked the blood them , of never two praised generations , and of abolitionists waxed hot in my ri veins ht of , and free at the iirst opportunity pro the
claimed itselfand asserted the gspeech as doggedly as irrepressible " Happening Folsom , to catch herself a . funny little black baby who was toddling about
up the nurses a ' Virg kitchen inian one woman day , when standin I went by elevated down to her make most a prominent mess for some feature of
with my men a sniff , of disapprobation , exclaiming g , u GraciousMiss P . ! how can you V I ' ve been here six months and
-never so much , as touched the little toad with a poker . ' "' More shame for you followed , ma ' am , ' responded the blow Miss b P ., and with the the toad natural with
. just _= perversity spout ardor polished ; lilie his old face of it a Aunt up was Yankee with providentiall Chloe , a . corner This y of rash up as her clean act apron and and and the shiny y a anti kissing drop as -slavery if from his ' the mamma lecture teakettle ' that had
followed , while one hand stirred gruel for sick , America and the other hugged my baby comrade Africa , , henceforth did not produce regarded the cheering me as a dangerous result which fanatic I stairs fondl , and to y expected my protege , for
all nearl occasions y came to and his being death walked by insisting on like on a little swarming black up spider . my room on , THE GREAT NEW YEAR .
justice known ¦" I-waited so before tardily -for ; and New performed , though Year ' s toward it day broug with some ht me more of b no those g eagerness ift , about I felt out me than rich of . bed in As I the had the act _bella ever of
up rung the midnig window ht , I and electrified flapping my my room handkerchief -mate y with dancing a feeble cheer , in throwing answer -to the shout of a group of colored men in the street below . All night they
American Women And Hospitals,, 163
AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS ,, 163
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/19/
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