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    From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
    From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
    From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
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    From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom

    By Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom - Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney

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      Title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom

      Author: Lucy A. Delaney

      Release Date: February 22, 2006 [EBook #17820]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM THE DARKNESS ***

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      Struggles for Freedom.

      FROM THE

      DARKNESS COMETH THE LIGHT

      OR

      Struggles for Freedom.

      ST. LOUIS, MO.

      PUBLISHING HOUSE OF J. T. SMITH,

      No. 11, Bridge Entrance.

      Dedication.

      To those who by their valor have made their name immortal, from whom we are daily learning the lessons of patriotism, in whom we respect the virtues of charity, patience and friendship as displayed towards the colored race and to those

      "Whose deeds crowd History's pages

      And Time's great volume make,"

      is this little volume reverently dedicated—

      THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

      Preface.

      So many of my friends have urged me to give a short sketch of my varied life that I have consented, and herewith present it for the consideration of my readers. Those who were with me in the days of slavery will appreciate these pages, for though they cannot recur with any happiness to the now shadowy past, or renew the unrenewable, the unaccountable longing for the aged to look backward and review the events of their youth will find an answering chord in this little book.

      Those of you who have never suffered as we have, perhaps may suppose the case, and therefore accept with interest and sympathy the passages of life and character here portrayed and the lessons which should follow from them.

      If there is a want of unity or coherence in this work, be charitable and attribute it to lack of knowledge and experience in literary acquirements. As this is a world of varied interests and many events, although we are each but atoms, it must be remembered, that we assist in making the grand total of all history, and therefore are excusable in making our affairs of importance to ourselves, and endeavoring to impress them on others. With this reason of my seeking your favor, I leave you to the perusal of my little tale.

      L. A. D.

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER I.

      CHAPTER II.

      CHAPTER III.

      CHAPTER IV.

      CHAPTER V.

      CHAPTER VI.

      CHAPTER VII.

      STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM.

      CHAPTER I.

      "Soon is the echo and the shadow o'er,

      Soon, soon we lie with lid-encumbered eyes

      And the great fabrics that we reared before

      Crumble to make a dust to hide who dies."

      In the year 18—, Mr. and Mrs. John Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Posey lived as one family in the State of Illinois. Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket, who had made it her home there, in peace and happiness, for five years. On a dismal night in the month of September, Polly, with four other colored persons, were kidnapped, and, after being securely bound and gagged, were put into a skiff and carried across the Mississippi River to the city of St. Louis. Shortly after, these unfortunate negroes were taken up the Missouri River and sold into slavery. Polly was purchased by a farmer, Thomas

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