Sections 1 THE RUNAWAY PLOT. 2 I was not through the first month of my second year with the kind and gentlemanly Mr. 3 To them, therefore, with suitable caution, I began to disclose my sentiments and plans,… 4 It was the interest and business of slaveholders to study human nature, and the slave nature… 5 “O Canaan, sweet Canaan, I am bound for the land of Canaan,” 6 We had several words, expressive of things important to us, which we understood, but which,… 7 On the other hand, far away, back in the hazy distance, where all forms seemed but shadows… 8 In the progress of our preparations Sandy (the root man) became troubled. 9 The week before our intended start, I wrote a pass for each of our party, giving them… 10 Our anxiety grew more and more intense, as the time of our intended departure drew nigh. 11 In thirty minutes after that vivid impression came the apprehended crash. 12 I stepped toward them at the door, and asked what they wanted; when the constables grabbed… 13 Just a moment previous to the trouble with Henry, Mr. 14 Some said “I ought to be hanged;” 15 To this end we all denied that we had been guilty of intended flight. 16 These negro-buyers were very offensive to the genteel southern Christian public. 17 Not until this last separation, dear reader, had I touched those profounder depths of…
Start Learning THE RUNAWAY PLOT. I am now at the beginning of the year 1836, when the mind naturally occupies itself with the mysteries of life in all its phases—the ideal, the real, and the actual. Sober people look both ways at…
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