I wrote yesterday to Pearson to bring the slaves back at once and take up the work, and I shall go over occasionally to see that everything is in order; but at any rate for a time we will stop here." "I think that is best, mother.

Certainly I should feel more comfortable knowing that you are all at Richmond than alone out there." "We should be no worse off than thousands of ladies all over the State, Vincent.

There are whole districts where every white capable of using a gun has gone to the war, leaving nothing but women and slaves behind, and we have not heard of a single case in which there has been trouble." "Certainly there is no chance of trouble with your slaves, mother; but in some of the other plantations it may not be so.

At any rate the quiet conduct of the slaves everywhere is the very best answer that could be given to the accusations that have been made as to their cruel treatment.

At present the whole of the property of the slave-owners throughout the Southern States is at their mercy, and they might burn, kill, and destroy; and yet in no single instance have they risen against what are called their oppressors, even when the Federals have been close at hand.
"Please keep your eye on Dinah, mother.