Chapter 6 - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the
door,—a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a
slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she
had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a
weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good
degree preserved from the blighting