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"
Oh
!
Platt
,
"
she
cried
,
tears
streaming
down
her
face
,
"
you
're
goin
'
to
be
free
--
you
're
goin
'
way
off
yonder
where
we
'll
neber
see
ye
any
more
.
You
've
saved
me
a
good
many
whippins
,
Platt
;
I
'm
glad
you
're
goin
'
to
be
free
--
but
oh
!
de
Lord
,
de
Lord
!
what
'll
become
of
me
?
"
I
disengaged
myself
from
her
,
and
entered
the
carriage
.
The
driver
cracked
his
whip
and
away
we
rolled
.
I
looked
back
and
saw
Patsey
,
with
drooping
head
,
half
reclining
on
the
ground
;
Mrs.
Epps
was
on
the
piazza
;
Uncle
Abram
,
and
Bob
,
and
Wiley
,
and
Aunt
Phebe
stood
by
the
gate
,
gazing
after
me
.
I
waved
my
hand
,
but
the
carriage
turned
a
bend
of
the
bayou
,
hiding
them
from
my
eyes
forever
.
We
stopped
a
moment
at
Carey
's
sugar
house
,
where
a
great
number
of
slaves
were
at
work
,
such
an
establishment
being
a
curiosity
to
a
Northern
man
.
Epps
dashed
by
us
on
horseback
at
full
speed
--
on
the
way
,
as
we
learned
next
day
,
to
the
"
Pine
Woods
,
"
to
see
William
Ford
,
who
had
brought
me
into
the
country
.
Tuesday
,
the
fourth
of
January
,
Epps
and
his
counsel
,
the
Hon.
H.
Taylor
,
Northup
,
Waddill
,
the
Judge
and
sheriff
of
Avoyelles
,
and
myself
,
met
in
a
room
in
the
village
of
Marksville
.
Mr.
Northup
stated
the
facts
in
regard
to
me
,
and
presented
his
commission
,
and
the
affidavits
accompanying
it
.
The
sheriff
described
the
scene
in
the
cotton
field
.
I
was
also
interrogated
at
great
length
.
Finally
,
Mr.
Taylor
assured
his
client
that
he
was
satisfied
,
and
that
litigation
would
not
only
be
expensive
,
but
utterly
useless
.
In
accordance
with
his
advice
,
a
paper
was
drawn
up
and
signed
by
the
proper
parties
,
wherein
Epps
acknowledged
he
was
satisfied
of
my
right
to
freedom
,
and
formally
surrendered
me
to
the
authorities
of
New-York
.
It
was
also
stipulated
that
it
be
entered
of
record
in
the
recorder
's
office
of
Avoyelles
.
Mr.
Northup
and
myself
immediately
hastened
to
the
landing
,
and
taking
passage
on
the
first
steamer
that
arrived
,
were
soon
floating
down
Red
River
,
up
which
,
with
such
desponding
thoughts
,
I
had
been
borne
twelve
years
before
.
As
the
steamer
glided
on
its
way
towards
New-Orleans
,
perhaps
I
was
not
happy
--
perhaps
there
was
no
difficulty
in
restraining
myself
from
dancing
round
the
deck
--
perhaps
I
did
not
feel
grateful
to
the
man
who
had
come
so
many
hundred
miles
for
me
--
perhaps
I
did
not
light
his
pipe
,
and
wait
and
watch
his
word
,
and
run
at
his
slightest
bidding
.
If
I
did
n't
--
well
,
no
matter
.
We
tarried
at
New-Orleans
two
days
.
During
that
time
I
pointed
out
the
locality
of
Freeman
's
slave
pen
,
and
the
room
in
which
Ford
purchased
me
.
We
happened
to
meet
Theophilus
in
the
street
,
but
I
did
not
think
it
worth
while
to
renew
acquaintance
with
him
.
From
respectable
citizens
we
ascertained
he
had
become
a
low
,
miserable
rowdy
--
a
broken-down
,
disreputable
man
.
We
also
visited
the
recorder
,
Mr.
Genois
,
to
whom
Senator
Soule
's
letter
was
directed
,
and
found
him
a
man
well
deserving
the
wide
and
honorable
reputation
that
he
bears
.
He
very
generously
furnished
us
with
a
sort
of
legal
pass
,
over
his
signature
and
seal
of
office
,
and
as
it
contains
the
recorder
's
description
of
my
personal
appearance
,
it
may
not
be
amiss
to
insert
it
here
.
The
following
is
a
copy
:
"
State
of
Louisiana
--
City
of
New-Orleans
:
