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

292 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
incur the penalty. I will go to the state's prison,
rathler than have any poor victim torn from ly house,
to be carried back to slavery."
The noble heart! The brave heart! The tears are
in my eyes while I write of her. May the God of the
helpless reward her for her sympathy with my perse cuted people!
I was sent into New England, where I was sheltered
by the wife of a senator, whom I shall always hold in
grateful remembrance. This honorable gentleman
// would not have voted for the Fugitive Slave Law, as
/ did the senator in "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" on the
contrary, he was strongly opposed to it; but he was
enough under its influence to be afraid of having me
remain in his house many hours. So I was sent into
the country, where I remained a month with the baby.
When it was supposed that Dr. Flint's emissaries had
lost track of me, and given up the pursuit for the
present, I returned to New York.