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_Death has snatched away one of his children and he has cause to mourn.

In his grief he recounts his struggles for freedom, and his having to

leave his wife and children. He acknowledges that he had to "work very

hard for comforts," but he declares that he would not "exchange with the

comforts of ten thousand slaves_."

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. · 第 470 / 1043 题