Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth Keckley - Books - Independently Published - 9798676833510 - September 3, 2020
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Behind the Scenes

Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes

Book Excerptng was eternal. The cloud had no silver lining, but I trust that it will be all silver in heaven. We who are crushed to earth with heavy chains, who travel a weary, rugged, thorny road, groping through midnight darkness on earth, earn our right to enjoy the sunshine in the great hereafter. At the grave, at least, we should be permitted to lay our burdens down, that a new world, a world of brightness, may open to us. The light that is denied us here should grow into a flood of effulgence beyond the dark, mysterious shadows of death. Deep as was the distress of my mother in parting with my father, her sorrow did not screen her from insult. My old mistress said to her: "Stop your nonsense; there is no necessity for you putting on airs. Your husband is not the only slave that has been sold from his family, and you are not the only one that has had to part. There are plenty more men about here, and if you want a husband so badly, stop your crying and go and find another." To these unfeeling words my mother made no

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 3, 2020
ISBN13 9798676833510
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 156
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 9 mm   ·   235 g
Language English  

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