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SLAVE TRADE: NEW ORLEANS by CHARLES REZNIKOFF

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First Line: TO BEGIN WITH, THE SLAVES HAD TO WASH THEMSELVES WELL
Last Line: or he would give her something really to cry about
Subject(s): SLAVERY; MOTHERS; GRIEF; SERFS; SORROW; SADNESS;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182079


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