Mary arrived from Delaware, Moses from Norfolk, Virginia, and happened
to meet at the station in Philadelphia.
Mary was twenty years of age, of a chestnut color, usual size, and well
disposed. She fled from Nathaniel Herne, an alderman. Mary did not find
fault with the alderman, but she could not possibly get along with his
wife; this was the sole cause of her escape.
Moses was twenty-four years of age, of a chestnut color, a
bright-looking young man. He fled from Norfolk, Virginia, having been
owned by the estate of John Halters. Nothing but the prevailing love of
liberty in the breast of Moses moved him to seek his freedom. He did not
make one complaint of bad treatment.
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