The narrative of John Doy, of Lawrence, Kansas ...: Printed for the author.

APPENDIX H.
put upon the cursed block and sold away from her children,
whose father has just been taken from them. The mother
begs and entreats, the children sob and cry for their father
and mother. But in vain; they are all sold and torn apart.
And yet, we find that the father and mother have been
united in marriage, by a ceremony which is thus proved
to be a sacrilegious mockery.
"We go apart and reflect on what we have seen and on
what we have read in our chart, and, as the men who inflict these wrongs have the power, we wait until evening.
Then we collect the father, the mother, and the children,
put our arms around them and take them with us, relying
on Him who has commanded us to deliver the bondman, as
we would that we might be delivered if we were in bonds.
"We travel on and are overtaken by a number of persons, who say:'Why have you done this thing?'
"We answer, putting our finger on the chart,'It is so
commanded.'
"'But,' say they,'our people have made a law which
permits us to buy and sell these men and women.'
"' Who has made such a law?'
"' We ourselves.'
"We answer:'Fie upon a law that is put between us
and the word of our God. Let others do as they will, we
will obey God, and take the consequences."'
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