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De bery next night I ran away again but dis time I determined to make for de town in hopes ob getting on board an English ship, for I had heard from de oder slabes dat de English did not keep black men as slabes, but dat, on de contry, dey did what dey could to stop de Spanish from getting dem away from Africa, and I understood now dat de dreful noise we had heard on de first day we were on board ship was an attack upon our vessel by an English cruiser.

Two miles away, Tippit stepped from his patrol car to question a man who fit this description.

Still I was bery anxious, and tought I would sit up till de last train came in from Richmond.

You ride about a great deal, dat fellow bery like take a shot at you from behind tree.

Massa Vincent one day pretty nigh kill him because he beat dat bery man who has catched him now on de street ob Washington.

Dat officer bery hard man and all de men hate him, and when you knock him down we should like to hab given cheer.

He was a nice looking man, and I thought it might not be so bery bad after all.

De little massas dey bery fond ob me, and when dey want to go out hunting de coon or fishing in de riber, dey always cry for Sam.

It bery much better you clar out ob dis before dey come down and seize eberybody.

He bery good strong nigger, good gardner, good at de horses, good carpenter.

Some neber look after de slabes, and leabe all to overseers, and dese bery often bad, cruel men.

All dose rascals friends together, and you be bery sure dat some ob dem pay him off for it.

He had sent to say dat he war bery ill wid de swamp fever and like to die, dat he should not leabe de work as long as he libed, but hoped dat dey would send anoder man out to take on his work after his death.

Den I told Sally dat I should like to libe under de British flag, so we went up to Canada and dere we libed bery comfortable for ten years together.

Dey see dat de houses are comfortable, dat de gardens are bery well cultivated, dat de people are well dressed, not like common nigger, dat dey are happy and contented.