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Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence, J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ndage. Theywere very civil and well behaved, and took great pride in ornament-ing their little cabins, and many of them had very neat and com-fortable homes. They were allowed, on many plantations, good payfor extra labor, and often saved money enough by industry to pur-chase their freedom. The culture of tobacco made many of theplanters very wealthy, some of them raising one hundred hogsheadsyearly of the Indian weed that from the devil doth proceed, as thequaint old poem has it. The tobacco was largely shipped to Europe.It was brought to the place of shipment in this way : A hole was boredin the heads of the hogshead, and an axle placed in it from end toend. A shaft was attached to the axle like the shaft of a cart, andhorses and mules hitched to it. The tobacco was then drawn alongthe streets, up and down the hills, rolling and bumping over the stones. An ancient register has the following estimate of the yearly ex-penses of a slave : His price about $500, which at 6 per cent., the
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FAMOUS STATUES. I. The Bartholdi Fountain in the Botanical Garden. 4. Marble Group on the Port.co of the Capitol. 2 Statue of General Scott at the Soldiers Home. 5. Statue of General Greene. 3. Mills Statue of General Washington. 6- Mills Statue of General Jackson. 42 PICTURESQUE WASHINGTON. lawful interest, is $30 ; for risk or accident, $30 ; for a peck of Indianmeal per week 01-13 bushels per year at 50 cents, $6.50 ; two poundsof salt meat per week, $7.50 ; a barrel of iish per annum, $4 ; fowls,vegetables and milk per annum, $5 ; for clothing, $15 — total for theyear, $98; or daily expense of 27 cents. The slaves assumed thenames of their masters, and many of tbese old family names are con-tinued to-day among the negro population of the city. In April, 1862,slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia. It is interesting to learn the rates of free labor in those days. Ashoemaker who could make one good pair of shoes daily was paid$1.50, and in the other trades wages varied

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