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"The next day I was washed and perfumed, and when meal-time came, I was led into the presence of my mistress, and ate and drank before her with her son. This fill me with astonishment; and I could scarcely avoid expressing my surprise that the young gentleman should suffer me who was bound, to eat with him who was free; and not only so, but that he would not at any time either eat or drink till I had taken first, because I was the eldest, which was agreeable to our custom. Indeed everything here, and their treatment of me, made me forget that I was a slave."
Identify two significant aspects in this testimony regarding African slavery.