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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. me so1nething about it, and I wish old Flint was dead, or a better nuuL \Vhen I was iu jail, he a ·ked her if she didn't want !tinL to a k n1y 1naster to forgi vo me, and take 1ne hou1e again. She told. him, No ; that I d.iun't \vant to go back. lie got 1nad, and aid we ·were all alike. l never despif'ed n1y O\VH n1aster half a n1uch as I do tlw,t n1m1. There is 1na.ny a worse slaveholder than n1y 1nastor; but for all that I \vould. not be hi · -lave." \Vhile Benjrunin was sick, he had parted with nearly all his clothe1:i to pay neces ary e.xpen ·e . nut he diu not part with a little pin I fa~tened in his boson1 ·when wo parted. It was the 1no~t valuaLlo thing I O\Ynod, and I thought none n1ore worthy to ·wear it. lie had it still. IIis brother furnished hi1n ·with clothe , and gave hin1 what 1uonoy he had. Tl•oy parted with 1noistoned eyes; and as Benja1nin turned away, he said, "Phil, I pari with all n1y kindre< l." And t;O it proved. \V e never llear<l fron1 him agam. Uncle Phillip carne hon1e; and the first 'vorcl · he utterocl ·when he entered the house ·were " ~loLhor ' ' Bon i · free! I ha\'"e seen hin1 in Ne\v York." She stood looking at hirn with a be\vildered air. ' ~Iothcr, don't you believe it?" he sai<l, laying his hand softly n pon her houlcler. She rai ·ed her hand ·, and oxclailnod, " God be praised! Lot us thank hin1.'' She . dropped on her knees, and poured forth h er h eart in prayer. 'l'hen Phillip must sit down and repeat to her every ·word Bonja1nin had said. lie told h er all; only he forbore to lnention how side and IJale h er Jading \ ' The Slave who Dared to Feel like a Man. 4-3 looked. \Vhy should he distress her when she could do hin1 no good ? Tho brave old ·wo1nan still toiled on, hoping to rescue some of her other children. After a while she succeeded in buying Phillip. he paid eight hundred dollars, and c:une hon1o ·with tho precious doc1.nnent that ocurod his freedom. The happy n1oiher and ·on sat together by the o lu h earth tone that ni <rht tellin o-b ' b how proud they \\'ere of eaeh other, and how· they would prove to the ·world that they could take care of thcmsolve , as they had long taken care of others. \Ve all concluded. by saying, " lie that is toiltin~ to be a slave, let hi1n be a sla vo." 0 • |
