Nor did our Mammies and Aunties neglect our manners. To say "yes" or
"no" to any person, white or black, older than ourselves was
considered very rude; it must always be "yes, mam," "no, mam"; "yes,
sir," "no, sir"; and those expressions are still, and I hope ever will
be, characteristic of Southerners.
The child-life that I have portrayed is over now; for no hireling can
ever be to the children what their Mammies were, and the strong tie
between the negroes and "marster's chil'en" is broken forever.
So, hoping that my book (which claims no literary merit) will serve to
amuse the little folks, and give them an insight into a childhood
peculiar to the South in her palmy days, without further preface I
send out my volume of Plantation Child-life.
LOUISE-CLARKE PYRNELLE.
COLUMBUS, GA.
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CONTENTS
I. DIDDIE, DUMPS, AND TOT
II. CHRISTMAS ON THE OLD PLANTATION
III. MAMMY'S STORY
IV. OLD BILLY
V. DIDDIE'S BOOK
VI. UNCLE SNAKE-BIT BOB'S SUNDAY-SCHOOL
VII. POOR ANN
VIII. UNCLE BOB'S PROPOSITION
IX. AUNT EDY'S STORY
X. PLANTATION GAMES
XI. DIDDIE IN TROUBLE
XII. HOW THE WOODPECKER'S HEAD AND THE ROBIN'S BREAST CAME TO BE RED
XIII.
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