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why he was not sold.
If this supposition was correct, it is a great pity that his master was not induced by some better motive to avoid an evil action.
Thomas uniformly spoke of Mrs. Darg with respect and gratitude.
He said, ‘She was always very kind to me and Mary.
I know she did not want to have me sold, or to have Mary sold; for I believe she loved her. I feel very sorry that I could not live with her and be free; but I had rather live in the State Prison all my life than to be a slave.’
I never heard what became of Thomas.
Friend Shoemaker used to tell me, years afterward, how she secreted him, and rejoiced in the deed.
I heard the good lady, when more than ninety years old, just before her death, talk the matter over; and her kindly, intelligent countenance smiled all over, as she recounted how she had contrived to dodge the police, and avoid being a witness in the case.
The Fugitive Slave Law would be of no avail to tyrants, if all the women at the North had as much moral courage, and were as benevolent and quick-witted as she was.
Those who were most active in persecuting Friend Hopper and Barney Corse convinced the public, by their subsequent disreputable career, that they were not men whose word could be relied upon.
Dr. R. W. Moore, of Philadelphia, in a letter to Friend Hopper concerning this troublesome case, says.
‘I am aware thou hast passed through many ’
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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