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Show 288 Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirL which I will here briefly relate. I Ynls so1newhat ac. quainte<.l ·with a .·lave ll U.llled Lu~\:c, ·who l)(;~ o n ge( l to a ,veaHhy 1nan in our Yieinity. 1 Its 1na. tor dt <1, lea\'inO' a son and daughter hei rs to his largv fortune. In the diYision of the slaYes, Luke \vas incluJcd in the son' portion. This young 1n~n 1Jcc~n1c .a p:·cy ,~o the Yices grow in()' out of the "paLnarcha1 111. t 1 tn.tion, an:t when he \Vent to the north, to con1plctc Jn · education, he carried his vices 'vith hin1. IIc \vas hrongh L h01ne, de. privccl of the u . c of his lin1bs, by exec.· ·i ve di. si pation. Luke \vas appointed to \vait upon his 1Jcd-ric1dcn n1astcr, ·who c despotic halJit. · \VCre g reatly increased by exasperation at his O\vn hclple. '.' ll c"s. IIc J ~epL a cowhide beside hi1n, and, for the n1osL trivial occntTcnce, he would order his attendant to 1mrc his baek, and kneel beside tho conch, ·while he \vhippcd hin1 till his strenrar th \va oxhanstod. 8on1e day· he was not al-lowed to \VO:lr any thing hu t his shirt, in on1cr to be in readine s to be flogged. .A day seldon1 pa,·~otl without his rccciYing 1norc or lo.:: Llow ·. If the ~li o·h tc t resistance \Ya · offered, tho to\vn con. tahlo \r::ts sent for to cxocnto tho punislunont, and Luke loa rJlC<l fr01n cxporicuco ho\v 1nnch 1noro tho con sta1Jlc 's . · tron o· ann was to be dreaded than the coinparatiYc1y feeble one of his 1nastcr. Tho ann of his tyrant grew weaker, and was finally palsied; and then the con:ta.hle's services wore in cou ·ta.nt rogui:i Lion. Tho fact illaL he was entirely dependent on Luke's care, and was ol1ligetl to be tt..m dod like an infan t, in stca<l of inf-lpiring n.ny· gratitude or cotnpa ·sion to\varch; hi: poor sla,·o, sceme(l only to iucrcaso his irritabili ty and cruelLy. A: he lay there on his Lou a 1ncro J c<>Taded wrc<.;k of llHtn· ' b .. The Fugitive Slave Law. hood, he took into his head the trangeRt freaks of despotis1n; ancl if Luke hesitated to snbn1it to hi. 01 .. 1 0 , . . u 1 s, the constable was Hnmcdintely sent for. Some of these freah were of a nature too fill.hy to be repeated. 'Yhen ~ flctl . from the house of bondage, I lcf'l poor Luke still ehamed to the hetlsitlc of this cruel antl disgusting \Vroteh. One llay, ·whcu I hacl been roque. Led to do an errand for ::lfrH. Bruce, I was hurrying through back streets, as u ·ual, \Vhon I saw a youug nw.n approaching·, who:o face wa familiar to me. A: he came nearer, I recognized Luke. I alway~ n:ioicc<l lo sec or henr of any one \Vho had escaped fr01n the lJlack pit; bat, r cnlCUlbering this poor follow's <'XI n'mc hanbhips, l was peculiarly glac1 to s o hitn on Northern soil ihouo·h I ' lJ no longer called it ji·cP- ~oil . l wdl romolnLcrcd what a desolate feeling it \n:ts to he alone a1nong .·tran()'ors, anJ I \vent up to hin1 and greeted hin1 eonlially. Jtt first, he did not know n1c; but when I 1nontioncd 1ny na1nc, he r oinCIHl>crcJ all a.bont 1nc. I tohl hi1n of the Fugitive Slnxo La\\r, tUHl asked hi1n if he did not kno\v that N C\V York wa. · n. ci Ly of kiclnappor ·. IIc replied, "De risk ain't so had for 1nc, as 'Li fnr you. 'Cause I runne~l away frotn do . pccnlator, and. you runnoJ a\vay fron1 clc 1nassa. Dmn ~peculators vont spon clar 1noncy to co1ne ltere fur a run a way, if dey ain't ·artin sure to put dar han· right on hin1. An I tell you I's tuk good car 'IJout dat. I had ioo hard tin1cs down dar, to lot 'mn ketch dis nigger." He then told 1ne of the advice he hacl received, and the plans he had laicl. I asked if he had 1noney enough to take hin1 to CanatL.t. " 'Pend upon it, I 2ii |