A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920Ben Forkner, Patrick H. Samway The literary Canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. The literary canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. Editors Ben Forkner and Patrick Samway, S. J. have selected from the most original and lasting works of nineteenth-century Southern writing (1820-1920) to reflect the full range of the Southern experience. The thorough introduction illuminates the individual pieces, providing insight into the culture of the Old South, from which rose a new generation of prominent, American writers. Features the work of Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ellen Glasgow, Henry Grady, Joel Chandler Harris, Thomas Jefferson, James Weldon Johnson, Sidney Lanier, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, and many others. |
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Page 120
... horse wuz . " Well , we come ' long ' way , an ' Mr. Braxton an ' two mens come down to de river wid lanterns to see us cross , ' cause twuz dark as pitch , sho ' nough . " An ' jes ' fo ' I started I got one o ' de mens to hol ' my horses ...
... horse wuz . " Well , we come ' long ' way , an ' Mr. Braxton an ' two mens come down to de river wid lanterns to see us cross , ' cause twuz dark as pitch , sho ' nough . " An ' jes ' fo ' I started I got one o ' de mens to hol ' my horses ...
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... horses , or rather resting horses , for no relay was left . I afterwards met one of the company in Fayetteville . Their night's adventure after I left them , and the continued cruelty to the horses , were most distressing . The driver ...
... horses , or rather resting horses , for no relay was left . I afterwards met one of the company in Fayetteville . Their night's adventure after I left them , and the continued cruelty to the horses , were most distressing . The driver ...
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... horse . On my inquiring if the slaves were allowed to take horses to drive to church , I was informed that in each of these three cases , the horses belonged to the negroes who were driving or riding them . The old man was infirm , and ...
... horse . On my inquiring if the slaves were allowed to take horses to drive to church , I was informed that in each of these three cases , the horses belonged to the negroes who were driving or riding them . The old man was infirm , and ...
Contents
A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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