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When I first arrived in Philadelphia, Bishop Paine advised me to upskirt pantyhose publish a upskirt pantyhose sketch of my life, but I told him I was altogether incompetent to such an undertaking. Though I have improved my mind somewhat since that time, I still remain of the same opinion; but I trust my motives will excuse what might otherwise seem presumptuous. I have not written my experiences in order upskirt pantyhose to attract attention to myself; on the contrary, it would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history. Neither do I care to excite sympathy for my own sufferings. But I do upskirt pantyhose earnestly desire to arouse the women upskirt pantyhose of the North upskirt pantyhose a realizing sense upskirt pantyhose of the condition of two millions of women at the South, still in bondage, suffering what I suffered, upskirt pantyhose and most of them upskirt pantyhose far worse. I want to add my testimony to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery really upskirt pantyhose is. Only by experience can any one realize how deep, and dark, and foul is upskirt pantyhose that pit of abominations. May the blessing of God rest on this imperfect effort upskirt pantyhose in behalf of my persecuted people!
LINDA BRENT.
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INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR THE author of the following autobiography is personally known to me, and her conversation and manners inspire me with confidence. During the last seventeen upskirt pantyhose years, she has lived the greater part of the time with a distinguished family in New York, and
has so deported herself as to be highly esteemed by upskirt pantyhose them. This upskirt pantyhose fact
is sufficient, upskirt pantyhose without further credentials of her character. I believe those who upskirt pantyhose know her will not be disposed to doubt her veracity, though some incidents in her story are more romantic than fiction.
At her request, I have revised her manuscript; but such changes as I have made have been mainly for purposes of condensation and orderly arrangement. I have not added any thing to the incidents, or changed the import of her very pertinent remarks. With trifling exceptions, both