Harriet Smith had a hard life. She had to live in the same slave house with her mother and grandma. During her time as a slave, she managed to pick 500 lbs of cotton. Colored folks had meetings in different houses. Even though she had it rough, she went to Church. The White folks had Church in the morning while the Blacks had Church in the evening. She says her owners treated them well and that they never whooped them. It was good that they didn't whip her but she and other slaves weren't taught to read and write. I would show a picture of her but unfortunately there isn't one.
Aunt Harriet was 13 when she started being a slave.
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