Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 152
path which led down to the shore from the villagestreet, dwelt the father and mother of Sam Thankful Snow, then the only colored woman inthose parts. The fugitive slave from Brazil wasknown as Tumble Black, nobody knew why, butit is likely that his queer first name was a faintecho of his African… … THE HOUSE ON STILTS. Black. Nobody knew the real name of thepaternal Black. It is not likely that he knewit himself. When he was a young lad, he hadbeen stolen from the coast of Africa and soldinto slavery in Brazil. Employed about the coffeewarehouses of Rio de Janeiro, he managed toconceal…
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