Incidents in the life of a slave girl.: Written by herself. Edited by L. Maria Child.

The Meeting of Mother and Daughter. 249
XXXII.
THE MEETING OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
WHEN we arrived in New York, I was half crazed
by the crowd of coachmen calling out, " Carriage,
ma'am?" We bargained with one to take us to
Sullivan Street for twelve shillings. A burly Irishman
stepped up and said, "I'll tak' ye for sax shillings."
The reduction of half the price was an object to us,
and we asked if hlie could take us right away. " Troth
an I will, ladies," he replied. I noticed that the hackmen smiled at each other, and I inquired whether his
conveyance was decent. "Yes, it's dacent it is, marm.
Devil a bit would I be after takin' ladies in a cab that
was not dacent." We gave him our checks. He went
for the baggage, and soon reappeared, saying, "This
way, if you plase, ladies." We followed, and found
our trunks on a truck, and we were invited to take
our seats on them. We told him that was not what we
bargained for, and he must take the trunks off. He
swore they should not be touched till we had paid him
six shillings. In our situation it was not prudent to
attract attention, and I was about to pay him what he
required, when a man near by shook his head for me
not to do it. After a great ado we got rid of the
Irishlman, and had our trunks fastened on a hack.
We had been recommended to a boarding-house in
Sullivan Street, and thither we drove. There Fanny
and I separated. The Anti-Slavery Society provided a