The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All-Good, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All-Good, Vol. 2 of 2The negroes had of course been all assembled in the yard, that they might be seen by those who affixed their value. In doing this it may be well to say that none of those disgusting scenes so often described, but so rarely witnessed, which degrade men to the level of brutes, were exhibited. The negroes, to whom the day was a holiday, came. Dressed in their best, showing little anxiety, either in countenance or manner, for the result of the allotment about to be made. When they were all assembled in the yard, and the family and the appraisers standing on the high piazza that overlooked them, each stepped out as he was called with his wife and children, if he had such appendages, some times it was an Old man with children and grandchildren, the inspectors saw their age and general appearance, the family described their qualities, giving prominence always to the intellectual and moral, the appraisers consulted togeth er, occasionally glancing at them to confirm an Opinion, or remove a doubt, and then, the valuation having been made, and the amount placed opposite the list of their names, they were permitted to fall back, giving place to another family. The little awkwardness they might feel while thus standing - it was but little as was proved by the smiles and sly looks often interchanged with each other at the observations overheard - was relieved by a few words occasionally address ed to them by the family, or sometimes by a jocose remark from one of the gentlemen, whom they all knew, and to whom they sometimes replied with considerable wit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.