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Recollections of Slavery Times BY ALLEN PARKER (Worcester, Mass.: Chas. W. Burbank & Co., 1895, 96 pp) DEDICATION   TO My Mother WHOSE EYES WERE NOT PERMITTED TO SEE THE EMANCIPATION OF HER RACE, BUT WHO DIED A SLAVE AND NOW LIES BURIED IN AN UNMARKED AND NEGLECTED GRAVE ON THE OLD PLANTATION IN THE SUNNY SOUTH, NEAR WHERE SHE SPENT HER LIFE IN UNPAID TOIL FOR OTHERS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.   GO TO CHAPTER 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Dedication | Introduction | Slave Advertisements