[323] her contract with the Major's family, was to work till she saved the sum of fifty dollars. That amount she placed in the bank, as the first installment for the purchase of her son at Parkville. It heads the long list of subscriptions which ultimately enabled her to buy him. I find that the fourth name on the list is the Editor of the Journal of Commerce. The world does move after all! She travelled from city to city, and from State to State, receiving pecuniary aid from hundreds of persons — in sums varying from twenty-five cents up to five and ten dollars. The master of her boy unfortunately heard of her zeal and success, and, with truly characteristic barbarity, raised the price of his slave to $1,200. That this amount was duly paid, this copy of his certificate of freedom will show:
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[323] her contract with the Major's family, was to work till she saved the sum of fifty dollars. That amount she placed in the bank, as the first installment for the purchase of her son at Parkville. It heads the long list of subscriptions which ultimately enabled her to buy him. I find that the fourth name on the list is the Editor of the Journal of Commerce. The world does move after all! She travelled from city to city, and from State to State, receiving pecuniary aid from hundreds of persons — in sums varying from twenty-five cents up to five and ten dollars. The master of her boy unfortunately heard of her zeal and success, and, with truly characteristic barbarity, raised the price of his slave to $1,200. That this amount was duly paid, this copy of his certificate of freedom will show:
A. B. Burdick, 1859.
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