Dr. Williams, from Social Circle, came this morning to trade
me a horse. He tells me the people below are freeing their servants and
allowing those to stay with them that will go on with their work and obey as
usual. What I shall do with mine is a question that troubles me day and night.
It is my last thought at night and the first in the morning. I told them
several days ago they were free to do as they liked. But it is my duty to make
some provisions for them. I thank God that they are freed, and yet what can I
do with them? They are old and young, not profitable to hire. What provision
can I make?
SOURCE: Dolly Lunt Burge, A Woman's Wartime Journal,
p. 51-2
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