"C----. Full black; stolen from Africa; sold in New Orleans; been free
fifteen years; paid for himself six hundred dollars; a farmer; owns
several farms in Indiana; Presbyterian; probably worth fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars, all earned by himself.

"K----. Full black; dealer in real estate; worth thirty thousand
dollars; about forty years old; free six years; paid eighteen hundred
dollars for his family; member of the Baptist church; received a legacy
from his master, which he has taken good care of, and increased.

"G----. Full black; coal dealer; about thirty years old; worth eighteen
thousand dollars; paid for himself twice, being once defrauded to
the amount of sixteen hundred dollars; made all his money by his own
efforts--much of it while a slave, hiring his time of his master, and
doing business for himself; a fine, gentlemanly fellow.

"W----. Three-fourths black; barber and waiter; from Kentucky; nineteen
years free; paid for self and family over three thousand dollars; deacon
in the Baptist church.

"G. D----. Three-fourths black; white-washer; from Kentucky; nine years
free; paid fifteen hundred dollars for self and family; recently died,
aged sixty; worth six thousand dollars."

Professor Stowe says, "With all these, except G----, I have been, for
some years, personally acquainted, and make my statements from my own
knowledge."

The writer well remembers an aged colored woman, who was employed as a
washerwoman in her father's family. The daughter of this woman married a
slave. She was a remarkably active and capable young woman, and, by her
industry and thrift, and the most persevering self-denial, raised nine
hundred dollars for her husband's freedom, which she paid, as she raised
it, into the hands of his master. She yet wanted a hundred dollars of
the price, when he died. She never recovered any of the money.

These are but few facts, among multitudes which might be adduced, to
show the self-denial, energy, patience, and honesty, which the slave has
exhibited in a state of freedom.

And let it be remembered that these individuals have thus bravely
succeeded in conquering for themselves comparative wealth and social
position, in the face of every disadvantage and discouragement. The
colored man, by the law of Ohio, cannot be a voter, and, till within a
few years, was even denied the right of testimony in legal suits with
the white. Nor are these instances confined to the State of Ohio. In al