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Show - 286 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. and as for tho ysto1n of slavery, he had a 1110 t hearty dislike of it. No sophistry of Southerners could blind her to its onor1nity. She \vas a I orson of excellent principles and a noble heart. To 1110, fro1n that hour to tho present, she has been a true ancl syn1pathizing friend. Blessings be ·with her ancl h ers ! About the ti1ne that I reentorou the Bruce fa1nily, an event occurred of disa 'trons i1nport to tltc colorecl people. Tho slave llan1lin, tho fir~t fugitiYo that ean10 under the llC\V law·, \Vas given up by tho 1loodhonnds of tho north to tho bloodhounds of th south. It was tho beginning of a reign of terror to the colored population. Tho great city rushed on in its \vhirl of c.xcitoinont, taking no note of the "short and .·itnple annals of the poor." But \vhile fashional>lcs were li toning to tho thrilling voice of J onny Lind in nfptropoliLan IIall, the thrilling voices of poor hun tell colored people went up, in an arrony of supplication, to tho Lord, fro1n Zion's church. l\Iany f~11nilios, who had liYed in tho city for twenty years, fled fron1 it uow. l\Iauy a poor washorwo1nan, ,,.. . ho, by hard la.hor, had 1uadc her ·elf a co1nfortablo ho1no, "\-vas obligcJ to ·acriftco h er furniture, biu a hurried farewell to friends, and sock her fortune a1noug strangers in Canada. l\fany a ·wife di coYerod a ·ocrot ·he had noYer known h {oro- that her husband \Va a fugitive, and nntst lca,rc her to in.·nre his own safety. \Vor ·o I till, n1any a lllvbuu<.l di~coYorcd that hi.· \Vife had fled fro1n slavery year,' ago, and as " tho child follows the condition of its 1nothor," the children of his love were liable to be seized and carried into ·lavery. Every where, in tho ·o lnuuLle ho1nc , there \vas consternation and i ! ( ( ' \ fhc Fugitive Slave Law. angni h. But what car l1 the leo·i~·Jato, f tl . " . n . ( 1 s o le "dOinl-nan t race io r the L loocl they were , . 1 . Cl us llno· out of tran1pled hearts? b \Vhen 1ny brother \Villian1 ~l)eJit 1 · . 1 t . . . ll. a. evcntnrr w1th 111e, beiore he went to Califoruia , T t· 11· 1 ° 1 . (, YO lL ~cc nearly all L le tunc of tho ui.-tre. ·s brou <rh t 0 . b n ou 1 oppre~.-cd people by tho pa. . ·sago of this ini(lUi Lou . la w,. ant1 HOYer had I soon hun 1nanifcst such LitLcrnc s 1. . . . . o S]Jlnt, such stern. host1hty to our 01,1,rc SOl'S · IIo was 1l l.l n-self free h·o1n tho operation of the l/)1v. r0 . 1 1· 1 u, , 11 1 1e ( H. 110t run fron1 any la--roholdino· tate bciuo· ,, 1 t · t • b (. , b urong 1 111 o the Free tatos by ln · 1na ·tcr. But I was I nbject io it. and so \YOre hundreds of intelligent and jndn.-triou~ people all around u s. I sehl01u Yentnred into the streets; and ·when it \vas necessary to do an erran<l for l\1rs .. Bruce, or any of the fmnily, I went as 111nch as possible through back street · and by-ways. \Vhat a di _grace to a city calling it elf free, that inhabitant. , gtultles of offence, and seeking to perfonn their duties consciontiou ·ly, ·honl<.l be condmunecl to lire in I uch incessant fear, and have nowhere to turn for protection! This state of thing ... , of course, gave rise to nutuy itnpron1ptu vigilance con1tniLtees. 1~\rery colored pcr:on, and every friend of their persecuted race, kept their eye · \Viele open. Every O\rening I exan1ined the newspaper carefully, to oe what Southerners had put up at the hotels. I <lic1 this for 1ny O\vu sake thinkin<)' ' b n1y young 1ni ·tress and her hu ·Land 1nio·ht be atnonrr b b the list; I \vished al ·o to give infonnation to others 1'f necessary; for if 1nany were "rnnnino· to and fro"' b ' I ro. olvou that " knowledge should be increased.'' 1'his brings up one or 1ny Southern re1nu11 cences, |