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Excerpt from My Black Mammy: A True Story of the Southland
The negro mammy, before and after the Civil War, was a really unique person never duplicated in any other walk of life in all the history of human beings.
She was neither a slave nor a servant, neither an equal nor an inferior. And yet she was all of these.
There were few families of any size, and most of them were large, that felt they could manage without a mammy for their chil dren. And while the majority seldom fully realized the practical, presiding position that black Mammy held in the house - held in fact over the whole place or plantation - yet the love, the respect, the loyalty they gave Mammy must remain one of the sweetest memories of all the Southland.
Her presence, her personality were not only a comfort and a joy, her place was never questioned.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The negro mammy, before and after the Civil War, was a really unique person never duplicated in any other walk of life in all the history of human beings.
She was neither a slave nor a servant, neither an equal nor an inferior. And yet she was all of these.
There were few families of any size, and most of them were large, that felt they could manage without a mammy for their chil dren. And while the majority seldom fully realized the practical, presiding position that black Mammy held in the house - held in fact over the whole place or plantation - yet the love, the respect, the loyalty they gave Mammy must remain one of the sweetest memories of all the Southland.
Her presence, her personality were not only a comfort and a joy, her place was never questioned.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Details
Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Jefferson Penn
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331619119
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 63
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Jefferson Penn
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780282531768
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 65
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