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HATCHIE THE GUARDIAN SLAVE;
OR
THE HEIRESS OF BELLEVUE.
A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west
by
WARREN T. ASHTON.
Boston:
B. B. Mussey and Company,
and
R. B. Fitts and Company
1853.
Reprinted 1972 from a copy in the
Fisk University Library Negro Collection
New World Book Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Hallandale, Florida 33009
"Here is a man, setting his fate aside, Of comely virtues."
SHAKSPEARE
"Is this the daughter of a slave?"
KNOWLES.
INTRODUCTION.
In the summer of 1848 the author of the following tale was a passenger
on board a steamboat from New Orleans to Cincinnati. During the
passage--one of the most prolonged and uncomfortable in the annals of
western river navigation--the plot of this story was arranged. Many of
its incidents, and all its descriptions of steamboat life, will be
recognized by the voyager of the Mississippi.
The tale was written before the appearance of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin,"--before negro literature had become a mania in the community.
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