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Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon 7
A.--"I don't know, except Mr. Cook was. Mother had three children while Mr.
Cook owned her."
Q.--"Was your mother white?"
A.--"Yes, she pretty white; not white enough for white people. She have long
hair, but it was kind a wavy.
Q.--"Were you hired out in Mobile?"
A.--"Yes; with Mr. English."
CHAPTER IV
A WHITE SLAVE LOVE ADVENTURE.
"WHILE I was living in Mobile, a gentleman there owned a colored man that
was more white than I am. He was about my age. He had no beard; just a young
man, might have been nineteen or twenty. His master was not married, but had a
girl belong to him, a very light girl he bought from Charleston; he bought her
for himself, though he kept her boarding out.
"This colored man I spoke of used to drive out when his master's sisters wanted
to go out. They often came to Mr. English's with them, and ring the bell. There I
met him often at the door before I knew he was colored, and when he found out
I was colored, he was always very polite, and say, 'Good morning, miss,' and
ask if the ladies was in. Then, after he got acquainted, he used to come and see
me Sundays. He wanted me to marry him, and I liked him very well, and would
have had him if he had not run off."
Q.--"How came he to run off?"
A.--"You see Mr.--*
* Mrs. P. dare not have any of these names published, as all the parties are still
living.
kept that girl, but never go where she was; but, whenever he want to see her he
send for her to
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the office. And this young man who wanted me had to go always and tell that
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