buinallhecrowdhahrongedhewharf，herewasnoonewhokneworcaredformenoonenofamiliarvoicegreeedmyears，norwashereasinglefacehaihadeverseensoonarhurwouldrejoinhisfamily，andhavehesaisfacionofseeinghiswrongsavenged：myfamily，as，shouldieverseehemmore？herewasafeelingofuerdesoioninmyhear，fillingiwihadespairingandregrefulsense，haihadnogonedownwihroberoheboomofhesea

verysoonradersandconsigneescameonboard

one，aall，hinfacedman，wihlighcomplexionandalileben，madehisappearance，wihapaperinhishandburch’sgang，consisingofmyself，elizaandherchildren，harry，lehe，andsomeohers，whohadjoinedusarichmond，wereconsignedohimhisgenlemanwasmrheophilusfreemanreadingfromhispaper，hecalled，“p”nooneansweredhenamewascalledagainandagain，busillherewasnoreplyhenlehewascalled，heneliza，henharry，unilheliswasfinished，eachoneseppingforwardashisorhernamewascalled

“capain，where’sp？”demandedheophilusfreeman

hecapainwasunableoinformhim，noonebeing，onboardansweringohaname

“whoshippedhanigger？”heagaininquiredofhecapain，poiningome

“burch，”repliedhecapain

“yournameisp—youanswermydescripionwhydon’youcomeforward？”hedemandedofme，inanangryone

iinformedhimhawasnomyname；haihadneverbeencalledbyi，buhaihadnoobjecionoiasiknewof

“well，iwilllearnyouyourname，”saidhe；“andsoyouwon’forgeieiher，by—，”headded

mrheophilusfreeman，byheway，wasnoawhibehindhisparner，burch，inhemaerofbsphemy

onhevesselihadgonebyhenameof“seward，”andhiswashefirsimeihadeverbeendesignaedasp—henameforwardedbyburchohisconsignee

fromhevesseliobservedhechaingangaworkonheleveewepassednearhemasweweredrivenofreeman’ssvepenhispenisverysimirogoodin’sinrichmond，excepheyardwasenclosedbypnk，sandinguprigh，wihendssharpened，inseadofbrickwalls

includingus，herewerenowaleasfifyinhispen

deposiingourbnkesinoneofhesmallbuildingsinheyard，andhavingbeencalledupandfed，wewereallowedosaunerabouheenclosureunilnigh，whenwewrappedourbnkesroundusandiddownunderheshed，orinhelof，orinheopenyard，jusaseachonepreferred

iwasbuashorimeiclosedmyeyeshanigh

houghwasbusyinmybraincouldibepossiblehaiwashousandsofmilesfromhome—haihadbeendrivenhroughhesreeslikeadumbbeas—haihadbeenchainedandbeaenwihoumercy—haiwaseven060

henherdedwihadroveofsves，asvemyself？wereheevensofhesfewweeksrealiiesindeed？—orwasipassingonlyhroughhedismalphasesofalong，proraceddream？iwasnoillusionmycupofsorrowwasfullooverflowinghenilifedupmyhandsogod，andinhesillwachesofhenigh，surroundedbyhesleepingformsofmycompanions，beggedformercyonhepoor，forsakencapiveohealmighyfaherofusall—hefreemanandhesve—ipouredforhhesupplicaionsofabrokenspiri，imploringsrenghfromonhighobearupagainsheburdenofmyroubles，unilhemorningligharousedheslumberers，usheringinanoherdayofbondage