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Whether the kidnappers were clothed with legal authority or not, I did not care to inquire, as I never had faith in nor respect for the Fugitive-Slave Law. The whites of that region were generally such negro-haters, that it was a matter of no moment to them where fugitives were carried, whether to Lancaster, Harrisburg, or elsewhere.
From the quick lynching of the rapist and murderer to be sure that the lawyers and courts did not acquit them was one step. To hang a half crazy old woman for burning a mill was another, and the natural consequence of the first. And so these people flocked to the burning they who had helped lynch before the negro-haters, who had never owned a negro and had no sympathy no sentiment for them.
"Oh, I see you have been swallowing the usual dose that is poured down Southern throats by those Northern negro-haters, who seem to think it a duty they owe the South to tell all manner of infamous lies upon us free coloured people. I really get so indignant and provoked sometimes, that I scarcely know what to do with myself. Badly off, and in want, indeed!
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