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stacc lauaing in this country. I seem t° nave undergone a transformation. I live a new tite. The warm and generous cooperation extended to me uy the friends of my despisedfu the prompt and liberal manner with whichthe press has rendered me its aid-the glorieusenthusiasm wuh which thousands have flocked to hear the cruel wrongs of my down-troddenand loag-enslaved fellow-countrymen portrayed—the deep sympathy for the slave, ,nd the strong abhorrence of the slaveholder every where evinced—the cordiality with which members and ministers of various religious bodies and of various shades of religious opinion, have embraced me, and lent me their aid—the kind hcs-pitality constantly proficred to me by persons of the highest rank ia society—the spirit of freedom that seems to animate all with whom I come in contact—and the entire absence of every thin-*that looked like prejudice against me, on accountot the color of ray skin-contrasted so stronglywith my long and bitter experience in the United States, that I look with wonder and amazement on the transition. In the Southern part ofthe United States, I was a slave, thought of and spoken of as property. In the language of the LAW, (lheld, taken, reputed and adjudged to be a chattel in the hands of my owners and possessors, ltl}d their exeeutors, administrators and assigns, to «fI intents, con+'mctions and purposes whatsoever.**Brev.Digfst.224. In the Northern States, aiugitive slave, liable to be hunted at any mo-ment like a felon, and to be hurled into the terrible jaws of Slavery-doomed by an inveterate prejudice agamst color to insult and outrage onevery hand (Massachusetts out of the question)denied the privileges anti courtesies common to others m the most humble means of conveyance-shut oat of the cabins of steamboats—refused admission to respectable hotels— carrica-tured, scorned, scoffed, mocked aad maltreatedwith impunity by any one. (no matter how black his heart,) so he has a white skin. But now behold the change! Eleven days and a half gone, and I have crossed three thousand miles of the perilous deep. Instead of a democraticgovernment, I am under a monarchial government. Instead of the bright blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and lo! the chattel b“comes a man. I gaze around in vain for onewho will question my equal humanity, claim me as his slave, or offer me an insult. I employ a Ca.b—I am seated beside white people—1 reach the hotel—I enter the same door—I am shewe ir»!o the same parlor—I dine at the same tabhno on« n ofTendtd. fcMt miretfab.tiITnr«A2iR0
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Auburn Journal and Advertiser
Auburn, New York, US
Wed, Feb 11, 1846
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