American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States

LETTER XIII.

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Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)--Grand Gulph and Big Black River--Snags--"I belong to myself, Sir"--Vicksburg and Lynch Law--A Man Overboard--"Drove of Horses, Mules, and Niggers"--Character of Fellow-Passengers--The Sabbath--Disobedience to Conscience