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Title: Autobiography. Sketch of life and labors of Miss Catherine S. Lawrence, who in early life distinguished herself as a bitter opponent of slavery and intemperance
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Lawrence, Catherine S
Subjects: Antislavery movements
Publisher: Albany, N.Y., J. B. Lyon, printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ded a placefor them to stay until I could get ready for theNorth. Days passed, and the time came for me toclimb another hill. My family of three childrenwere all in readiness. A large brigade was to passthrough Washington and all were anxious to seethem pass. I prepared a basket of fruit for mylittle girl to give to the little drummer boys as theywere passing by We took our stand in front ofthe W^hite House, near the entrance. A young man had a stand near us; he asked usonly his. regular price, but as soon as the soldiersasked the price, he charged such enormous ratesthat the boys were at a standstill. I at oncenoticed the salesmans dishonesty, and said, Boys,it is for you ; dont you pay for any thing. In afew moments every particle of fruit, cake, lemonadeand ice water had disappeared. Oh, lady, forwhat did you do that? For your dishonesty Idid it. Had you charged them for your fruit thesame that you charged me, I should not have med-dled with it, but you, a foreigner, living at your
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Sarah Ann Ayres.Age at Time of Adoption, 10 Years. 169 ease, and our boys fighting to save our government,taking the advantage of them ! Why, in justice Ishould have you taken to jail. Let this be a warn-ing to you. We left Washington for the North. On reach-ing Gunpowder river, about one-half of the bridgehad been burned. The cars passed over the bridgeas far as possible, when they came to a halt, andthe passengers were ordered to get out and travelon a pontoon bridge over the other half of theriver, to take the cars that were in waiting. Mylittle girl enjoyed this new way of traveling on thepontoon, but the other two were afraid and askedme if this was the way the Yankees built bridges,and if they had to pass over many such. I said, No, that the pontoon was the result of war; thatthe enemy had burned the bridge to prevent oursoldiers from crossing. ** Will the Yankees do thesame to the Southerners? They all destroyproperty, the Yankees and Southerners thesame; such is the result of

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