I was awaken by a tall man with ivory pale eyes and tar black skin , teeth glistening white with every mouthed lip murmur.There were two little girls and a boy gawking at me in astonishment. I figured they needed me to answer many questions and Id surely oblige them. I was startled, not fearful ,and to the contrary , since I was born knowing slaves werent meanspirited, leaving revenge and repentance in the Lords hands. I felt at ease , comfortable , and safe. I must have been in the slave quarters. I wonder if I was the first white man to ever have this close of an intimacy with their terribly unjust plight .This beautiful little angel , no older than eight years old brought me a cup of cold water and a pottlery bowl of piping hot black eyes peas, cooked in the outside hearths located along the row of trench houses where the food was prepared in large pits, filled with charcoal and sticks found near their quarters. I smelled the small corn cobs being burned in the smudge pits to keep flying insects and bugs to a minimum.A predominantly vegetarian diet served as the paradigm for slave eating .Meat was an uncommon luxury and if found, almost certainly represented the least meaty cuts of the animal , such as the legs, feet, jaw, and skull. Better cuts were probably reserved for the masters and his wife , or sometimes reserved for the house slave. I finished eating , to only be offered some hog fat stew, which I kindly declined, me being perfectly content and stomach surprisingly full , considering I havent eaten in days , and was just famished a few minutes ago, Who are you sir? And what are you doing here? Where is Master James and Madame Edith? An elderly woman with dark golden skin and reddish brown hair stood atop of me,surprisingly riddling me with questions , which I shouldve expected , considering my ethnicity and my displacement. She was a regal women, who obviously commanded respect and was wise many eons beyond her years.Humble is what I felt..Antar
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:34:22 +0000
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