February 13, 1863. Tonight I have been talking with Cato Waring, one of my old nurses in the hospital. The attempt to give a report of his...

It is very touching to hear the negroes begging Mr. Pierce to let them plant and tend corn and not cotton. They do not see the use of cotto...

My chattel Joe, “ adscriptus mihi domino ” awoke me to a bath of Mississippi water with huge lumps of ice in it, to which he recommended a...

Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave: Annotated Edition Edited by   Hank Trent The American Anti-Slavery Society orig...