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belief that he would die before long, and therefore regarded the purchase of him as a mere freak of humanity, by which he was willing enough to profit.
When he heard soon afterward that the doctor pronounced him out of danger, he was greatly enraged.
But his suffering victim was beyond the reach of his fury, which vented itself in harmless execrations.
The colored man lived many years, to enjoy the liberty for which he had been willing to sacrifice his life.
He was a sober, honest, simple-hearted person, and always conducted in a manner entirely satisfactory to those who had befriended him in his hour of utmost need.
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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