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THE BLACK MAN'S LAMENT.
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TURN FROM HIS FRIENDS.
From parents, brethren's fond embrace;
From tender wife, and child to tear;
Then in a darksome ship to place,
Pack'd close, like bales of cotton there.
TURN FROM HIS FRIENDS.
From parents, brethren's fond embrace;
From tender wife, and child to tear;
Then in a darksome ship to place,
Pack'd close, like bales of cotton there.