Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue
Ashton, Warren T.
English
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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.
"Here is a man, setting his fate aside, Ofcomely virtues."
SHAKSPEARE
"Is this the daughter of a slave?"
KNOWLES.
Boston:
B. B. Mussey and Company,
and
R. B. Fitts and Company.
1853
CONTENTS
Reprinted 1972 from a copy in the
Fisk University Library Negro Collection
New World Book Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Hallandale, Florida 33009
INTRODUCTION.
In the summer of 1848 the author of the following tale was apassenger on board a steamboat from New Orleans to Cincinnati.During the passage—one of the most prolonged anduncomfortable in the annals of western river navigation—theplot of this story was arranged. Many of its incidents, and all itsdescriptions of steamboat life, will be recognized by the voyagerof the Mississippi.
The tale was written before the appearance of "Uncle Tom'sCabin,"—before negro literature had become a mania in thecommunity. It was not designed to illustrate the evils or theblessings of slavery. It is, as its title-page imports, atale; and the author has not stepped out of his path tomoralize upon Southern institutions, or any other extraneous topic.But, as its locale is the South, and its principal charactera slave, the story incidentally portrays some features ofslavery.
With these explanations, the author submits the tale to thepublic, hoping the reader will derive some portion of the pleasure
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