Be advised this story contains elements of incest, interracial coupling, pregnancy, some non-consent.
"It's Just a Matter of Breeding" is a reworking of my story "A Matter of Breeding." Not sure what the specific difficulty was in initially getting "A Matter of Breeding" published, but I hope you enjoy the enhanced story.
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My name is Dilcy Lee Reid. I grew up in Louisiana, a slave on the Reid Plantation with my Mama Clarice and Johnnie, the man I'd always known as my Daddy. Though our lives weren't easy, we were together, and Masta Reid was a reasonably kind man who was fair and didn't beat or abuse his slaves the way some did. To his credit, Masta Reid unlike other slave owners defied the law and taught some of his slaves to read, write and cipher. He utilized these slaves in privileged positions on the Plantation. My Mama and I were fortunate enough to be taught these things and to take advantage of the benefits that came from working in the Main House.
I'll never forget the morning I awoke to the sight of my Mama putting my few possessions into a tattered little bundle. I sat up in bed and stared at her as she walked around the small cabin softly crying.
"Mama . . . Mama, what's wrong," I asked anxiously, wiping the sleep from my eyes.
"You're going to be leaving here baby. You're going to move to the Brennan place, and you're going to be there helping Miss Brennan. You'll be taking care of her and helping wherever needed in the Main House," Mama said, her eyes averting mine.
"Mama, no! I don't want to leave you."
"Shhhh . . . stop Dilcy. You're not a little girl anymore; you're old enough to know that we don't have a say in what we do or where Masta Reid sends us. Now stop your crying. There's nothing to be scared of. I want you to get up, wash up good and get on in here for some breakfast. You need to be out front when Masta Brennan is ready to leave."
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I stood on the dirt road in front of our cabin nervously shifting from one foot to the other while I waited for Masta Brennan. I gasped and held my breath when I saw the wagon coming and recognized the large white man seated on the bench next to the burly black driver. Big, hard-bodied with thick dark blonde hair, steely blue eyes, and an angular but handsome face. He was the same man who had come to the cabin last night and told Johnnie and me to leave while he visited with Mama. I could see the suppressed anger on Johnnie's face when he got up and left the cabin. Johnnie took my arm and we walked a little way down the quiet moonlit road finally stopping under an old pine tree. Johnnie lit his pipe and silently smoked it; looking up into his dark, craggy face, I could see tears in his eyes.
After about an hour or so, the cabin door opened and the big white man came out adjusting his pants. He said something to Mama, and as Mama stood in the doorway watching, the man reluctantly turned and walked away.
When he passed Johnnie and me, he stopped.
"So you're Dilcy?" he said, his blue eyes bright as he looked at my small youthful breasts straining against the fabric of the too small dress I had squeezed into.
"How old are you girl?"
"Just turned eighteen suh," I said with my head down and a slight tremble in my voice.
He stared at me for what seemed a moment too long before he mumbled something to himself, mounted his horse, and headed off down the road toward the Main House.
Masta Jeremiah Brennan was the owner of "Weeping Willows" a large and prosperous plantation twenty miles to the west of Masta Reid's place, known in the area as simply "The Reid Plantation." Weeping Willows' fame had come from cotton and the breeding of some of the best-thoroughbred horses in this part of the state. As important, but not spoken about in mixed society was to a lesser extent the deplorable business of slave breeding. Masta Brennan bred his strong young bucks at their full potency to fertile, nubile young slave women for profit, much as he bred his prize horses.
When the wagon pulled up, I clambered in the back and took a seat between the many boxes and rucksacks of supplies, frantically waving to my Mama and Johnnie as the wagon pulled away. It took all of that day before we reached Weeping Willows. About halfway there, we stopped at a small pond to refresh ourselves and eat a light meal of cornbread and buttermilk. The day was hot, and thinking I was out of sight of Masta and his driver, I stripped out of my clothes and dove into the cool water for a quick swim, unaware that Masta Brennan was watching and appraising my body as I innocently played and cavorted, unknowingly on full display.
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Raised in the Main House on the Reid Plantation all I knew was serving my Mistress and taking care of the house. I routinely tended the vegetable and flower gardens behind the kitchen, but I had never worked in the fields or anywhere else outside. My responsibilities at Weeping Willows seemed simple enough; meeting the Mistress' needs, tending to her clothing, helping to clean and maintain her rooms and the house, things I was familiar with and good at. Though brought here to be the personal slave of Miss Anne, Masta Brennan's wife, I knew about the other activities that took place at Weeping Willows, and the shadow of the breeding shed was always at the back of my mind.
Time slowly moved on and before I realized it, a year had passed, and I was approaching my nineteenth birthday. In just that short time, I had gone from a gangly girl to an attractive young woman. Physically I was what white folks called mulatto, a warm pale honey coloring that the slaves often in a derogatory way described as "light, nearly white." I stood about 5'5", maybe 110 pounds, long, wavy dark blond hair, full pouty lips and large, clear, icy blue eyes. I had grown into a beautiful, desirable woman with shapely legs, well-proportioned hips and ass, small waist, and firm, full breasts. My physical appearance was a double-edged sword; on the one hand, Masta was proud of my attractiveness and desirability because it enhanced my value. On the other hand, to safeguard my virginity and child birthing potential, Masta was adamant about my staying out of sight when male guests or buyers were in the house, and I was often regulated to the kitchen or the upstairs living quarters.
Miss Anne, who was in sickly health during this time, had been indifferent to my presence at first, but over time, as I grew older and my body and appearance began to change so did her attitude toward me. It was obvious there had been frequent episodes of race mixing in my background, and soon enough she became aware of the open secret among the house slaves that my daddy had been a rich white man, which attested to the color and texture of my hair and the blue eyes. I honestly felt that she disliked me because of this.
Miss Anne eventually discovered that Masta Brennan was my daddy, though that discovery was inevitable considering the striking physical resemblance between Masta and me. Miss Anne was also mistakenly convinced that Masta was indulging in incestuous physical intimacies with me. The thought of her husband having sex with a slave, let alone his daughter disgusted her. Making matters worse was the fact that Masta had stopped having relations with Miss Anne.
Their fighting and her accusations about his supposed incestuous inclinations were constant. One night following a long day during which angry words were loudly exchanged between Masta and Miss Anne, Masta mounted his horse and rode off. Miss Anne came storming into my room at the rear of the kitchen and ordered me to get out of my clothes and lay down on the bed. Obediently I stretched out on the bed and taking four short pieces of rope Miss Anne tied me spread eagle to my be. Tying the pieces of rope around my wrists and ankles, she secured me to the corners of the bed so I couldn't move. I'll never forget how she looked at me, with hate, jealousy and perhaps envy reflected in her eyes. Miss Anne said nothing to me when she roughly inserted her finger inside me and began to move it around as if probing for something. At one point, she pushed hard, making me wince in pain; she stopped and withdrew her finger satisfied with whatever she was doing.
I lay there puzzled and frightened by what had just happened, but thankfully it was over or so I thought. Miss Anne turned back to me and inserting her finger again, with her thumb began rubbing my little pink nub until it was swollen and hard. Afraid to protest or object I could only squirm and then involuntarily moan as I experienced for the first time, a hot flush spread through my private area. With me trembling on the bed, Miss Anne untied me and left the room.
It was only after Masta Brennan and I eventually became intimate that he explained what she had done that day. Since I had come there, she had been plagued with the idea that Masta was fucking me, it wasn't true (at least not then), but the thought that he might be, was driving her crazy and her goal that day was to find out if I were still a virgin.
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Miss Anne's attentions increased perversely. Because of my duties, it was not unusual for Miss Anne and me to be alone, with her often in a state of undress. Though I knew Miss Anne did not have good feelings toward me, she none the less would take these opportunities to become sexually intimate with me, and because I was of a submissive temperament, I acquiesced to her.
I remember one incident that was particularly unnerving. Masta was away on a business trip when Miss Anne called me into her room to assist her while she bathed. After I had filled the old copper tub, Miss Anne let her robe slip to the floor and pool around her feet. Stepping into the tub, she sat down and let the water cover her breast while she leaned back and soaked. After about ten minutes, she called me over to wash her. Kneeling beside the tub, I washed her back, her chest, her arms and reluctantly between her legs. Miss Anne moaned and put her hand on top of mine applying more pressure to her clit until she began to buck and hump my hand as she orgasmed in the warm water. I looked down and could see that the front of my bodice was soaked with water and my nipples hard like small pebbles.
"Stand over here near the side of the tub and lift your skirt," she said with authority. When I didn't move, she repeated herself, this time in a more threatening tone.
"Get over here and hold your skirt up, you black bitch."