himself than he could possibly do in
Slavery. He had to leave his wife, Phillis, and one child.

William Henry was about twenty-four years of age, and of a chestnut
color. He too talked of slave-holders, and his master in particular,
just as any man would talk who had been shamefully robbed and wronged
all his life.

Tom, likewise, told the same story, and although they used the
corn-field vernacular, they were in earnest and possessed an abundance
of mother-wit, so that their testimony was not to be made light of.

The following letter from Thomas Garrett speaks for itself:

WILMINGTON, 5 mo. 11th, 1856.

ESTEEMED FRIENDS--McKim and Still:--I purpose sending to-morrow
morning by the steamboat a woman and child, whose husband, I
think, went some nine months previous to New Bedford. She was
furnished with a free passage by the same line her husband came
in. She has been away from the person claiming to be her master
some five months; we, therefore, think there cannot be much risk
at present. Those four I wrote thee about arrived safe up in the
neighborhood of Longwood, and Harriet Tubman followed after in
the stage yesterday. I shall expect five more from the same
neighborhood next trip. Captain Lambdin is desirous of having
sent him a book, or books, with the strongest arguments of the
noted men of the South against the institution of slavery, as he
wishes to prepare to defend himself, as he has little confidence
in his attorney. Cannot you send to me something that will be of
benefit to him, or send it direct to him? Would not W. Goodell's
book be of use? His friends here think there is no chance for
him but to go to the penitentiary. They now refuse to let any
one but his attorney see him.

As ever your friend,

THOS. GARRETT.

The woman and child alluded to were received and noted on the record
book as follows:

Winnie Patty, and her daughter, Elizabeth, arrived safely from Norfolk,
Va. The mother is about twenty-two years of age, good-looking and of
chestnut color, smart and brave. From the latter part of October, 1855,
to the latter part of March, 1856, this young slave mother, with her
child, was secreted under the floor of a house. The house was occupied
by a slave family, friends of Winnie. During the cold winter weather she
suffered severely from wet and cold, getting considerably frosted, but
her fa