"I wish," said Sam, "dat Marser Carlton an Miss Georgy would get married den, I 'spec, we'd have good times." "I don't think your mistress would have me," replied the young man. The negro had just come in to get the young man's boots, and had stopped, as he usually did, to have some talk. She passed near Carlton's room, and heard the voice of Sam. At last, one evening, she came out of her room rather late, and was walking on the piazza for fresh air. True, she had read much of "woman's rights " and had even attended a meeting, while at the North, which had been called to discuss the wrongs of woman but she could not nerve herself up to the point of putting the question to Carlton, although she felt sure that she should not be rejected. The young girl hinted, as best she could, at the probable future but all to no purpose. Again, Carlton was poor, and Georgiana was possessed of a large fortune and his high spirit would not, for a moment, allow him to place himself in a position to be regarded as a fortune–hunter. In the first place, her father was just deceased, and it seemed only right that he should wait a reasonable time. There were many reasons why he should not. She loved Carlton, and she well knew that he loved her she read it in his countenance every time they met, yet the young man did not mention his wishes to her. Yet there was one way in which the thing could be done.
He was a Northern man, but she knew him to be a tight–fisted yankee, whose whole counsel would go against liberating the negroes. Her uncle in Connecticut had already been written to, to come down and aid in settling up the estate. And both law and public opinion in the state were against any measure of emancipation that she might think of adopting unless, perhaps, she might be permitted to send them to Liberia. There were distant relations whose opinions she had at least to respect. Only a little more than eighteen years of age, Georgiana could not expect to carry out her own wishes in regard to the slaves, although she was sole heir to her father's estate. THE death of the parson was the commencement of a new era in the history of his slaves. "WE hold these truths to be self–evident, that all men are created free and equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Declaration of American Independence. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
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