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HATCHIE
THE GUARDIAN SLAVE;
OR
THE HEIRESS OF BELLEVUE.
A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west
BY WARREN T. ASHTON.
"Here is a man, setting his fate aside, Ofcomely virtues."
SHAKSPEARE
"Is this the daughter of a slave?"
KNOWLES.
Boston:
B. B. Mussey and Company,
and
R. B. Fitts and Company.
1853
CONTENTS