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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. My OTG-11(1 l l10L4.1 101• contiuuc<l to RC•l Hl hirn fresh ch· , ·l tl , . rl'hc olJ 0 11 ~s were burned Up. 111tYLS ol eo.w.. . . . 1 · Th(. e t1i . 1 t . saw hin1 in JUl Jus 1not 1e1· .·tlll '1 · t 111 o· l w 0 (. · boo·rrcu(. hn• u l:L> o ~• ncl 1r1o r hi DlU ·ter, and beg lu . pnrclon. • N e<i" "t'bh cr per • or argn1ncnt could turn lun from 'l.Ht::ilOH n _ . . . lu. · purpose. Ilc cahnly answcrou, "I am w~11tlng lns ~ tin10." rrhosc chain wore mournful to hear. 0 • • Anot1 1 0r L4 1 1rcc 111 Ollths p.a. sod ' anu B• on•J all11l. l lof.t lns . 11 'V e that loved hiu1 ·wtu ted to lncl hlln a pnson \Ya • 1 1 1 1 long ancl ] a ·t f·(t rcwcll · A slave trader w.c .) Ottg 1t hiln. You rcnlClnbcr, I told yon what pnce he brought when ton years of age. N O\V he \va~s lnorc t 1w .n t wen t y ) rC(".~l 'S old ' a(. nd sold for thre.e hunch. eel dol-lars. The 1na ·Lor had been blind to lu.· ovvn Int.orcs~. Long confi 11 0111c n t ha 1 n1adc his face too pale, lllS forn1 too thin; 1n rcovcr, the trader had h?ard ~ornething of his character, and it did not s~r1kc h11n. as · suitable for a ·lave. Ile said he would gtvc any pncc if the handson1c lad ·was a girl. 'V c thanked God that he was not. Could you have seen that mother clinging to her child. when they fastened the irons upon his wrists; coulcl you have heard her heart-rending groans, and · sceu her Lloodshot eyes wander wildly fro1n face to face, vainly pleading for 1ncrcy ; coulcl you have wi~ n s o<l that scene as I saw it, you would exclaim, Shu c t!J is dantnable .' Dcnj runin, her youngest, her pot, was forever gone! She could not realize it. he had had an interview with tho trader for the purpose of ascertaining if 1 Bcnjan1in could be purchased. l::3hc was told it was The Sl::tve who Dared to Feel like a Man. 39 impossible, as he hacl giYcn bonus not to f-icll h in1 till he was out of the state. lie pron1i~cJ that he \voulJ not f'ell hi1n Lili he reaC'h cl New Orleans. \Vith a strong ann anJ unvaried lru~t, 1ny oTaJH1- Inother Legan 1wr work of love. Hcuj:uuin nntsL be f'rco. lf she sueecedccl, ~he knc\v they \ronl <l .t ill be f-iC'lmratcd; but the f-iacriftcc \vas not too great. Day and 11ight she labor cL rJ'he trader's price \VOuld treble that he gave; lJuL .:he \vas not d.iseouragctl. ~~ he cn1ploycd. a la,vycr to ·write to a grntlCJnan, wh01n she knew, in New Orleans. ~be lJep:getl hin1 to inicrc ·t hin1. elf for Benja1nin, ancl he \\'illiugly f'aYorod her roque. t. '\V It n he sa·w Hcujatn in, antl ~taled his hn ·inc s, he thank d hi1n ; hH L sai(l he preferred. to wait a \\rhile ueforc l1lU.king the trader an ofG·r. 1 [c knew he had tried to oLtain a hi o·lt price fur hi1n, auu had invarial>l y fail eel. Thi cneournged hi lll to 1nakc another effort for freuclon1. So OllC 1norning, loug hefore clay, Dcnjatnin \vas 111 if;sing. lJ e \Va · riding over the lJluc Lillows, bound for Baltin1orc. For once his \V hi tc i~tce di c.l h i1n a kindly service. They had no su~picion that it Lclo11god to a ~lave; otherwise, the hnv ·would have l>ccn 1ollowcd out to the letter, and. the thing renderc<l back to slavery. The brightc "t skie. arc often over ·hadowccl uy the clarkc~ t cloud . Donja1nin \Va taken .·ick, an<l co1npell d to rctnain in BaHitnore three \Vccks. 1 Ji · .·trength was .·low in rcLul'ning; ancl l1js dc~irc to continue his joutney ·ocntcd to retard his rccoYcry. II ow could he got strength wi thout ai r and cxcre i ~c? 1Ie rc.·olYod to venture ou a short walk. A. 1Jy-~ Lrc ·t \va,' f;Clcct '<1, where he thought. hitu:-.; ·lf .·ccure of not Luing 111ct by |