d, ordinary size, and
had a commendable share of courage and intellect. He could recommend no
good traits as his master's.

Henry Dunmore had served as a slave up to the age of thirty-five, and
was then on the eve of being sold. As he had endured severe hardship
under his old master John Maldon he was unwilling to try another. While
he gave Maldon credit for being a member of the Methodist Church, he
charged him with treating himself in a most unchristian-like manner. He
testified that Maldon did not allow him half enough to eat; and once he
kept him out in the cold until his toes were frozen off. Consequently it
was not in the heart of Henry to give his master any other than a bad
name. He lived about sixteen miles from Elkton, near Charleston,
Maryland. He was of a dark chestnut color, well-made, and active.

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CROSSING THE BAY IN A BATTEAU.

SHARP CONTEST WITH PURSUERS ON WATER. FUGITIVES VICTORIOUS.

THOMAS SIPPLE, and his wife, MARY ANN, HENRY BURKETT, and ELIZABETH, his
wife, JOHN PURNELL, and HALE BURTON. This party were slaves, living near
Kunkletown, in Worcester county, Maryland, and had become restive in
their fetters. Although they did not know a letter of the alphabet, they
were fully persuaded that they were entitled to their freedom. In
considering what way would be safest for them to adopt, they concluded
that the water would be less dangerous than any other route. As the
matter of freedom had been in their minds for a long time, they had
frequently counted the cost, and had been laying by trifling sums of
money which had fallen perchance into their hands. Among them all they
had about thirty dollars. As they could not go by water without a boat,
one of their number purchased an old batteau for the small sum of six
dollars. The Delaware Bay lay between them and the Jersey shore, which
they desired to reach. They did not calculate, however, that before
leaving the Delaware shore they would have to contend with the enemy.
That in crossing, they would lose sight of the land they well
understood. They managed to find out the direction of the shore, and
about the length of time that it might take them to reach it. Undaunted
by the perils before them the party repaired to the bay, and at ten
o'clock, P.M. embarked direct for the other shore.

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Near Kate's Hammock, on the Delaware shore, they were attacked by five
white men in a sm