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  • "ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OF THESE SMILING 'INDISPENSABLES.'" - Page 4. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "AUNT FANNY SPERSED DAT CROWD." - Page 161. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "CARPENTERS ALWAYS AT WORK FOR THE COMFORT OF THE PLANTATION." - Page 2. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "HIS MISSION ON EARTH SEEMED TO BE KEEPING THE BRIGHTEST SILVER URNS." - Page 78. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "HOW DEY DOES GROW!" - Page 86. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "I USE TO WATCH FOR DE CARRIAGE." - Page 9. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "LUNCH BY SOME COOL, SHADY SPRING." - Page 66. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "NOW, MARSTER, YOU DONE FORGOT ALL 'BOUT DAT." - Page 37. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "READING AND REPEATING VERSES TO HIM." - Page 26. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "SHE ALWAYS RETURNED IN A CART." - Page 18. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.


  • "THREE WOMEN WOULD CLEAN UP ONE CHAMBER." - Page 43. From A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War.