A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Slaves; Fiction; Slavery; Slave trade; History
Other titles: Atlantic monthly (Boston, Mass. : 1857); North American slave narratives.
Description: A fictionalized slave narrative written in African American dialect, it is a story of "Aunt Rachel," a servant, aged about sixty, who seemed to be very happy. When asked how she could have lived so long with no trouble, she began a brief account of her life. Her mother was born a slave in Maryland, and she herself was raised in Virginia where she married and had seven children. Her mistress decided to sell the slaves and they were sent to a slave market in Richmond where "Aunt Rachel" was separated from her husband and children. She became a slave in Newbern, Virginia where she was the cook until the Civil War and the Union soldiers invaded the town. She became a cook for the soldiers until her son, Henry, found her as he had promised before he was sold and separated from her.
Notes: Title from electronic caption title (viewed Mar. 8, 2004).

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

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Transcribed from: A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it. p. 591-594 Originally published in Atlantic Monthly. v. 34 (November 1874). Signed at end: Mark Twain.

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