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 The ignorance of the slave, as seen in the case of "," is common wherever chattel slavery exists. The difficulties created in the domestic circle by the presence of beautiful slave women, as found in family, is well understood by all who have ever visited the valley of the Mississippi.

The play, no doubt, abounds in defects, but as I was born in slavery, and never had a day's schooling in my life, I owe the public no apology for errors.

W. W. B.

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