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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345645" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Amusing Trial, in Which a Yankee Lawyer Rendered a Just Verdict.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Slave sold at Auction.<br>A time there was, when no one thought<br>It sin, to hold a slave he'd bought,<br>And of his strength have the command,<br>As much as of his house and land.<br>A Yankee Lawyer long had kept<br>A negro-man with whom he slept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And ate, and Sabbath day,<br>He half the time from church would stay;<br>When Cuff his master's garments wore.—<br>'Twas strange you say, but he was poor;<br>And though he cared not for Cuff's soul,<br>Yet such the times, that on the whole,</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, thou art a bitter draught.'—Sterne.<br>His slave must to the meeting go,<br>If 'twas for nothing but a show.<br>They lived on thus for several years—<br>One would not think, that many tears<br>Would fall from off that shining face,<br>So sleek and smooth, or he would trace</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Note.—In some parts of the country, slaves are scantily fed, while their masters live in luxury.<br>Note.—In some parts of the country, slaves are scantily fed, while their masters live in luxury.<br>The chain which bound, or wish to break,<br>But choose to stay for his own sake,<br>Where he so well was clothed and fed,<br>And shared the lawyer's food and bed,<br>So well contented he might be,<br>He'd hardly know but he was free,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fetters formerly used by the slave traders, to confine the ankles of their victims. The editor has seen some that were actually used by Rhode Island traders.<br>Fetters formerly used by the slave traders, to confine the ankles of their victims. The editor has seen some that were actually used by Rhode Island traders.<br>But make the fetters of pure gold.<br>They're hateful still, they gall, they hold,<br>And if the pill is sugared o'er,<br>'Tis still as bitter as before.<br>Cuff ponder'd much, but did not know,<br>If he his master left to go,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And seek his fortune, he could find<br>Another master half so kind,<br>And who would give so large a share<br>Of the small pittance he could spare,<br>And every privilege could grant,<br>Which he could need or ever want;</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Emblem of Freedom.—A moth just changed from its chrysalis state, deserting its shell.<br>Emblem of Freedom.—A moth just changed from its chrysalis state, deserting its shell.<br>But then of freedom he had heard,<br>And ere the dawning light appeared.<br>Early one morning Cuff arose,<br>And quickly putting on his clothes,<br>Stole softly out; lest he should wake<br>His master, who would rouse and shake</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The slumbers from his drowsy eyes,<br>And think that it was time to rise.<br>So Cuff went off. His master woke,<br>And Cuff was gone! It was no joke.<br>The Lawyer's work must now be done,<br>All by himself; and till the sun</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A man escaping from slavery.<br>A man escaping from slavery.<br>Is slowly sinking in the west,<br>He'll scarcely have a minute's rest.<br>He felt his temper quickly rise,<br>Thinking his slave too rich a prize,<br>To be allowed to slip away,<br>Without a trial for 'fair play;'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A slave-catcher is worse than a beast of prey.<br>A slave-catcher is worse than a beast of prey.<br>Said he, 'My course is plain enough,<br>I'll take my horse and go for Cuff,<br>For he's my slave, and he shall give<br>To me, his service if he live.'<br>Saddling his horse he mounts him quick,<br>Drives after Cuff with spur and stick:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But soon he paused his cause to try,<br>And thus he said, Why should not I<br>Be slave instead of Cuff, and he<br>As well be running after me<br>As I for him?—I'll let him go,<br>Whether he's free by law or no.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Justice freeing the slave.<br>Justice freeing the slave.<br>For God who fashioned him and me,<br>No doubt made all his children free.<br>So justice o'er his mind held sway,<br>And Cuff in freedom, went his way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anonymous+Americas">Anonymous Americas</a><div class=q>
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A time there was, when no one thought
It sin, to hold a slave he'd bought,
And of his strength have the command,
As much as of his house and land.
A Yankee Lawyer long had kept
A negro-man with whom he slept.


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