General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: Press of C.F. Sudwarth Subjects: History / United States / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: AS WE SEE IT CHAPTER I. BOUT the year eighteen hundred seventy six, in a beautiful section of the old State of Alabama, there sat upon the large and commodious veranda of an old Southern home in the golden twilight of a perfect sunset, two old friends, whose friendship was of life-long standing, who were alike in many respects, but yet essentially different. One a white man and owner of the place, the other an aged Negro, of the old school, were smoking in perfect harmony, the white man, a meerschaum pipe of queer workmanship and of great age, having been in his family for three generations, the Negro the old corncob pipe so common among Negroes of that day. Go to College? What the darn-nation good would that do? Why, the time is not come for ‘niggers’ to be educated like white men. I tell you, Abe, I shall not agree to any such d – nonsense.
Yes, sar, dat what you say I guess am true when it comes to ole ‘niggers’ like us, but what you goin’ do wid a boy lek my Abe? Ise hear'n you say when dat boy’s no mor'n twelve yeahs ole dat he war de smartes’ boy, white or black, dat war ebber on dis hyar place. Ise de fifth Abe Overley, black, dat war bred an’ bornd on dis hyar place. Yuse de fifth Abe Overley, white. Yuse seventy-two, Ise seventy-two; yo’ Abe’s nineteen, mine’s nineteen; yo’ Abe’s de sixth white, my Abe’s de sixth black; yo’ Abe an’ my Abe was teached by the same ‘oman at the same time, den de ma…
