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Quote from chapters 1-2

"The wild rejoicing on the part of the emancipated coloured people lasted but for a brief period...The great responsibility of being free, of having charge of themselves, of having to think and plan for themselves and their children, seemed to take possession of them...Was it ant wonder that within a few hours the wild rejoicing ceased and a feeling of deep gloom seemed to pervade the slave quarters?"

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