id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 15118 Lane, Lunsford The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin .txt text/plain 14488 669 77 [Footnote A: 175 whites--207 free people of color--and 2,244 slaves. One day, while I was in this state of mind, my father gave me a small Legislature sit in Raleigh every year, I sold these articles considerably remained, nominally only, the slave of Mr. Smith for a year; when, feeling number of her slaves from their families and friends--but not me. master of my wife, Mr. Smith, had separated members of families by remain in the State long enough to purchase my family. remain a limited time within the State, until he can remove his family State, and leave my wife and my children never to see them more. him among other slaves this family; and Freeman removed also to that city. kindness of the friends of the colored man in the North, for assistance, his hand a permit to visit the State for a sufficient time to accomplish ./cache/15118.txt ./txt/15118.txt