ild of the former, not only found themselves stripped from day to day
of their hard earnings, but fearful forebodings of the auction-block
were ever uppermost in their minds. While they spoke of Lewis as
"moderate," etc., they all said that he allowed no privileges to his
slaves.

Richard Williams gave a full account of himself, but only a meagre
report was recorded. He said that he came from Richmond, and left
because he was on the point of being sold by John A. Smith, who owned
him. He gave Smith credit for being a tolerable fair kind of a
slave-holder, but added, that "his wife was a notoriously hard woman;"
she had made a very deep impression on Richard's mind by her treatment
of him. In finding himself on free ground, however, with cheering
prospects ahead, he did not stop to brood over the ills that he had
suffered, but rejoiced heartily. He left his wife, Julia, who was free.

Sydney Hopkins and Henry Wheeler. These young men made their way out of
Slavery together. While Sydney lives he will forever regard Jacob Hoag,
of Havre-de-Grace, as the person who cheated him out of himself, and
prevented him from becoming enlightened and educated.

Henry, his companion, was also from Havre De Grace. He had had trouble
with a man by the name of Amos Barnes, or in other words Barnes claimed
to own him, just as he owned a horse or a mule, and daily controlled him
in about the same manner that he would manage the animals above alluded
to. Henry could find no justification for such treatment. He suffered
greatly under the said Barnes, and finally his eyes were open to see
that there was an Underground Rail Road for the benefit of all such
slavery-sick souls as himself. So he got a ticket as soon as possible,
and came through without accident, leaving Amos Barnes to do the best he
could for a living. This candidate for Canada was twenty-one years of
age, and a likely-looking boy.

Joseph Henry Hill. The spirit of freedom in this passenger was truly the
"one idea" notion. At the age of twenty-eight his purpose to free
himself by escaping on the Underground Rail Road was successfully
carried into effect, although not without difficulty. Joseph was a fair
specimen of a man physically and mentally, could read and write, and
thereby keep the run of matters of interest on the Slavery question.

James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco merchant, in Richmond, had Joe down in his
ledger as a marketable piece of property, or a handy