1. Environmental History of Slavery in the United States
... Nan Stewart recalls how her and the other slaves on the plantation were only allowed to work on their personal patch at night after the days labor, "Sometimes massa let niggers have a li'l patchThe niggers had to work the patches only at night and dig the 'taters and goobers at night6." In her excerpt, Stewart conveys how she ... ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate