Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 - 239 pages |
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Page 246
... Mum Bett's sister with a heated kitchen shovel . Mum Bett interposed her arm and received the blow , the scar of which she bore to the day of her death . " She resented the insult and outrage as a white person would have done ...
... Mum Bett's sister with a heated kitchen shovel . Mum Bett interposed her arm and received the blow , the scar of which she bore to the day of her death . " She resented the insult and outrage as a white person would have done ...
Page 247
... Mum Bett for its safety , so general was the confidence in her wisdom and courage . The practice of the marauders was to enter and plunder gentlemen's houses in the night , on pre- tence of searching for ammunition and prisoners . Mum ...
... Mum Bett for its safety , so general was the confidence in her wisdom and courage . The practice of the marauders was to enter and plunder gentlemen's houses in the night , on pre- tence of searching for ammunition and prisoners . Mum ...
Page 248
... Mum Bett coolly observed that they were " sort o ' gentlemen that lived here that did not drink spirits . " At the foot of the cellar stairs stood a barrel of pickled pork , out of which the intruders began helping themselves . In a ...
... Mum Bett coolly observed that they were " sort o ' gentlemen that lived here that did not drink spirits . " At the foot of the cellar stairs stood a barrel of pickled pork , out of which the intruders began helping themselves . In a ...
Page 249
... Mum Bett lies in the Stockbridge graveyard , in the corner where the people of colour lie apart . Her epitaph , written by a son of Judge Sedgwick , is as follows : - ELIZABETH FREEMAN , Known by the name of MUM BETT , Died December 28 ...
... Mum Bett lies in the Stockbridge graveyard , in the corner where the people of colour lie apart . Her epitaph , written by a son of Judge Sedgwick , is as follows : - ELIZABETH FREEMAN , Known by the name of MUM BETT , Died December 28 ...
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