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Show Incidents in the I..ife of a Slave Girl. 'rho next n1orning, she auu her uncle started on their jouruey to the village in New York, ~here she \Va to be placed at school. It sccn1cd as 1f all the sun. -hine had gone aw·ay. ~fy li ttlc roo1n ·was dreadfully lonely. I \Vil thankful when a 1nc. ·sag~ cau1e fron1 a lady, accu ton1c<l to c1nploy 1ne, rcq ucst111g n1e to con1e and. ~C\V in her fa1nily for several ·weeks. On 1ny return, I found a letter fro1n brother \Villia1n. Ilo thought of opening an au ti- ·lavery reading room in Rochester, and co1nLining ·with it the sale of so1ne books and tationery; and he \Vante<l n1e to unite with hi1n. \V e triad it, but it \vas not succes Jul. \V c found wann auti-slavery friends there, but the feeling ·was not general enough to support such au estaulish- 1nent. I passed nearly a year in the fa1uily of Isaac and Amy Po t, practical believers in the Chri tian doctrine of hUlllUll brothcrhoo<l. rrhcy mea Ured a 111an's worth by his character, not Ly his co1nplcxion. The n1mnory of those beloved and honored friends will remain with 1nc to n1y latest hour. ., I ( 1~he Fugitive Slave Law. XL. TilE FUGITIVE L.A-VE LA\V. ~fy brother, being di ·appointet1 in his project, concluue< l to go to California; and iL was aoTeed that ~ Beujan1in should go ·with hin1. Ellen liked her ·ehool, and \\'a~ a great favorite there. They did not know her hi ·tory, auu ·he di(l not tell it, l>ecau ·e ·he had no desire to n1akc capital out of their .. -yn11,athy. Hnt when it \vas aeGidcnlally di!-'co\·cred that her 1nother \vas a fugiti vc slaYc, every n1eLholl was u ·ed to increa,·c her UUYa.utagcs and di1nini~h lwr expense . . I \va: alone again. It ·was neccsr--ary for 1ne to he earning n1oney, and I preferred that it ·hould be ~nnong those \vho knC\V 1nc. On 1ny return fron1 Roche!-'ter, I called at the hon. c of ~Ir. lJruce, to sec niary the darling little babe that had thawed 1ny heart, wl1 en it WU.S freezing into a Cheer}e. S UistrnLt Of all lllJ fe llowbeings. he \Yas growing a tall girl now, but I lo,·ecl her alway ·. ~fr. Bruce ha(l 1narried again, and it \\'US propo ·eel that I should hec01nc nun'e to a new infant. I ha<l but one hesitation, and that \Yas n1y feeling of in secnri ty in N C\V York, now grcaLly inercased lly the pa.·. age of the :B n git i,~c SlaYe Law. llo"-ercr, 1 re- ·oh·cd to try the expcrin1 en t. I wa,· again fortunate in lUJ Clnploycr. The new nfrs. Bruce \ \':1 . an An1erican, urought np nn<lcr ari.tocraLic inilncncc:. and still J i vin <I' in the 1nid:t of the1n ; hn t if ·he ltacl any prcj-udiccb against color , I \Vas never nutdc aware oI ' 1' t |