SAMUEL WASHINGTON JOHNSON.

Whether Samuel ever met with the opportunity of communicating with his

wife, the writer cannot say. But of all the trials which Slaves had to

endure, the separations of husbands and wives were the most difficult to

bear up under. Although feeling keenly the loss of his wife, Samuel's

breast swelled with the thought of freedom, as will be seen from the

letter which he wrote immediately after landing in Canada: