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“…selling the babies it was growing…”
Many slave narratives speak to plantation breeding programs. The narratives of Boston Blackwell, Charlotte Martin, Rias Body, and Sweetie Ivery Wagoner are just a small selection.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 168, Florida Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 167; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 87.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 12, Oklahoma, p. 355.
“…on the Blackshear place…”
The remarkable story from the Blackshear plantation comes from the extensive narrative of Ida Blackshear Hutchinson.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, pp. 374-75.
“…toward the sun instead.”
The Western Carolinian (Salisbury, NC), October 31, 1835, p. 2.
“…slipping across God’s sky…”
Narrative of Fannie Brown.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 30.
Fannie Brown
“…a plantation owner in Selma…”
The Selma Daily Reporter (Selma, AL), September 12, 1835, p. 1.
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The advertisement included in the printed book is from the Buffalo Whig and Journal (Buffalo, NY), November 25, 1835, p. 1.