Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty Years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of Twelve years-it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.
I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation-only so far as I have known and ex.
Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty Years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of Twelve years-it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public
