Identifier: autobiographyofj00smit (find matches)
Title: Autobiography of James L. Smith : including also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Smith, James Lindsay
Subjects: Smith, James Lindsay Slavery -- Virginia Slaves -- Virginia African American soldiers Freedmen -- United States United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American
Publisher: Norwich (Conn) : Press of the Bulletin Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o foot as the mOnster came rushing ontowards me. The bank was very steep near where 1was standing; a voice says to me, fly up the bank;I made a desperate effort, and by the aid of the bushesand trees which I grasped, I reached the top of thebank, where there was a fence ; I rolled over the fenceand fell to the ground, and the last words I remembersaying were, that * the devil is about to burn me up^farewell! farewell! After uttering these words Ifainted, or as I expressed it, I lost myself. I do not know how long I lay there, but when I hadrecovered, (or came to myself), the devil had gone.Oh ! how my heart did throb ; I thought the patroUerswere after me on horseback. After I had gatheredstrength enough I got up and sat there thinking whatto do; I first thought I would go off to the woodssomewhere and hide myself till the next night, andthen pursue my journey onward ; but then I thoughtthat would not do, for my enemies, who were pursuingme, would overtake and capture me. So I made up
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N I ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY. 45 my mind that I would not loose any more time thanwas necessary; hence I crawled down the bank andstarted on with trembling steps, expecting every mo-ment that that monster would be coming back to lookfor me. Thus between hope, and fear, and doubt, I continuedon foot till at last the day dawned and the sun hadjust began to rise. When the sun had risen as high asthe tops of the trees, the monster all at once was com-ing back to meet me ; I said to myself, it is no use torun, I had just as well stand and make the best of it,thinking I would make the best bargain that I couldwith his majesty. Onward he came, w-ith smoke andfire flying, and as he drew near to me, I exclaimed tomyself, Svhy ! what a monsters head he has on to him.Oh !■ said I, look at his tushes,^ I am a goner; I look-ed again, saying to myself, look at the wagons he hastied to him. Thinks I, they are the wagons that hecarries the souls to hell wnth. I looked through thewindows to see if I coul

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