The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-14

perfectly delighted to take ones washing
aHd do it at fair price-asey scould ap-
preclude the beoaay Of Mack people.
my cook, poor Eliza, was a regular
epitome Of slave life in herself fat, easy,
gentle, loving and loseable: always cali
ing my modest house The Place, as if
it had been a plantation with TOO hands
on It Her way of arranging the kitchen
was at first like Dinah's, though she i'm
bibed our ideas more rapidly, and seemed
more readyto listen to my suggestions
than did that dignitary. She had lived
through the whole sad story of Virgil
nian- raised slare's life. She must have
been, in her youth, very handsome
mulatto GIRL Her voice was sweet, her
manners refined and agreeable She
was raised in a good family, as nurse and
sempstress.
"When the family became embar-
rassed, She was suddenly sold to be sent
to a plantation in Louisiana. She has
often told me how, without any warn
ing. she was forced into carriage, and
saw her little mistress screaming aud
stretching her arms from the window to-
wards her as she was driven away. She
has told me of scenes on the Louisiana
plantations, and how she has often been
out in the night by stealth, ministering
to poor slaves who have been mangEed
or lacerated by the whip. From Lonisi-
ana she was sold into Kentucky, and her
last master was the father of all her child
ren. On this point she always main
tanned delicacy and reserve which,
though it is not at all uncommon among
slave women, appears to me remarkable.
"She always called her master her
husband, and spoke Of him with the same
apparent feeling with which any woman
regards her husband; and it was not till
after she had lived with me some years;
that | discovered accidentally the real
nature of the relation. | shall never for
get how sorry I felt for her, nor my feel
ings at her humble apology You know,
Mrs. Stowe, slave women can't help
themselves She had two very pretty
quadroon daughters, with beautiful hair
and eyes-interesting children, whom l
had instructed in the family school with
my children.
''Time would fail to tell you all I have
learned incidentally of the slave system,
in the history of various slaves who came
into my family, and of the workings of
the underground railroad, which | may
say, runs through my barn.
Speaking of her labors in the compli-
cation of the ''Key to Uncle Toms
Cabin" Mrs. Stowe says:
''I must confess, that until COM
menced the examination necessary to
enable me to prepare this work, much as
l thought | knew before, Ihdd not begun
10 measure the depth Of tie abyss. The
Laws, Records of Courts, and Judicial
Proceedings. are so incredible, as actu-
ally to make me doubt the evidence of
my own eyesight, and fill me still with
anlazement whenever / think of them.
1 suffer extremely while writing these
things. 1t may truly be said, I write
with hearts blood. l am pressed above
measure, and beyond strength. This.
horror-this nightmare--this abomina-
ton! Can it be in my country titles
like lead on my heart, it shadows my life
with sorrow! The more so, as feel as
for my own brothers of the South, and
am panied by every horror / write, as
one who is forced by an awful oath to
disclose in court of justice some family
disgrace -