the part of the
master; yet, when he reflected that he was thereby prompted to strike
for freedom, Edward was disposed to rejoice at the good which had come
out of the evil.

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ARRIVAL FROM PETERSBURG, 1858.

JAMES MASON.

This passenger brought rare intelligence respecting the manner in which
he had been treated in Slavery. He had been owned by a lady named Judith
Burton, who resided in Petersburg, and was a member of the Baptist
Church. She was the owner of five other slaves. James said that she had
been "the same as a mother" to him; and on the score of how he came to
escape, he said: "I left for no other cause than simply to get my
liberty." This was an exceptional case, yet he had too much sense to
continue in such a life in preference to freedom. When he fled he was
only twenty-four years of age. Had he remained, therefore, he might have
seen hard times before he reached old age; this fact he had well
considered, as he was an intelligent young man.

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ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND.

ROBERT CARR.

$300 REWARD.--Ran away from the subscriber, on the 26th
December, 1857, Negro Man ROBERT CARR. He had on when last seen
on West River, a close-bodied blue cloth coat with brass
buttons, drab pantaloons, and a low crown and very narrow brim
beaver hat; he wore a small goatee, is pleasant when spoken to,
and very polite; about five feet ten inches high;
copper-colored. I will give $125 if taken in Anne Arundel,
Prince George's, Calvert or Montgomery county, $150 if taken in
the city of Baltimore; or $300 if taken out of the State and
secured so that I get him again.

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THOS. J. RICHARDSON,

West River, Anne Arundel county, Maryland.

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Robert was too shrewd to be entrapped by the above reward. He sat down
and counted the cost before starting; then with his knowledge of
slaveholders when traveling he was cautious enough not to expose himself
by day or night where he was liable to danger.

He had reached the age of thirty, and despite the opposition he had had
to encounter, unaided he had learned to read, which with his good share
of native intelligence, he found of service.

Whilst Robert did not publish his mistress, he gave a plain statement of
where he was from, and why he was found in the city of Brotherly Love in
the dea