Author Archives: Ramona Brunswick
!Black in America! Nigger don’t get mad; get educated
Did you get offended by my using the word NIGGER? Well, don’t get mad; get educated. Dr. Laura was correct, we as black America call each other the same words we hated the Master to call us. It’s time we fully … Continue reading
METHODS OF PUNISHMENT (degree of brutality)
The treatment of the slaves, they say, has been growing worse and worse for the last six or seven years. Flogging with a leather strap on the naked body is common; also, paddling the body with a hand-saw … Continue reading
A TYPICAL NEGRO (escape from master)
We publish herewith three portraits, from photographs by M’Pherson and Oliver, of the negro Gordon, who escaped from his master in Mississippi and came into our lines at Baton Rouge in March last. One of these portraits represents the man … Continue reading
THE BLACK BOOK (embrace the truth)
“Suppose a three-hundred-year-old black man had decided, oh, say when he was about ten, to keep a scrapbook– a record of what it was like for himself and his people in these United States. He would keep newspaper articles that interested him, … Continue reading
SALE OF NEGROES (announcement)
Public Sale of Negroes, By Richard Clagett On Tuesday, March 5th, 1833 at 1:00 P.M. the following Slaves will be sold at Potters Mart, in Charleston, S.C. Miscellaneous Lots of Negroes, mostly house servants, some for field work. Conditions: 1/2 … Continue reading