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              <text>This item is a 19th Century poem about slavery, written by an unknown author, presumably a slave themselves. The writer recounts the life of a slave in Tenth Legion, an area in northern Rockingham County, that they describe as “a braggy place, where none’s to be a king.” Included in the poem are evocative stanzas that demonstrate the hardships seen by area slaves.</text>
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