A Vision
Annie L. Burton
There remains to be told the story of my conversion and how I came to write the foregoing history of my life.
(more…)Reminiscences
Annie L. Burton
The times changed from slavery days to freedom’s days. As young as I was, my thoughts were mystified to see such wonderful changes; yet I did not know the meaning of these changing days.
(more…)Recollections Of A Happy Life
Annie L. Burton
The memory of my happy, care-free childhood days on the plantation, with my little white and black companions, is often with me. Neither master nor mistress nor neighbors had time to bestow a thought upon us, for the great Civil War was raging. That great event in American history was a matter wholly outside the realm of our childish interests. Of course we heard our elders discuss the various events of the great struggle, but it meant nothing to us.
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