The most painful sight I saw in New Orleans was the selling of slaves. Every day in the streets at appointed places, Negroes and Negresses in holiday attire are exposed for this shameful traffic, like the meanest animals at our fairs. This spectacle oppressed my heart.
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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December 22
“You know my dear daughter, that I always speak to you with candor and simplicity...I know that you prefer to be treated this way.”