Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.
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Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious.
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.
Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.
You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
There's no such thing as being too Southern.
When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.
It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.
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