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Updated: June 18, 2025
By the common law of nations they were traitors; but they are still named and accounted 'patriots. At Toronto, Lount and Matthews, two of the rebel leaders of Upper Canada, were hanged in the jail-yard on April 12, 1839. A petition for mercy was set aside; Lount's wife on her knees begged the lieutenant-governor to spare her husband's life, but in vain.
In all the slave states, this 'public opinion' has taken away from the slave his liberty; it has robbed him of his right to his own body, of his right to improve his mind, of his right to read the Bible, of his right to worship God according to his conscience, of his right to receive and enjoy what he earns, of his right to live with his wife and children, of his right to better his condition, of his right to eat when he is hungry, to rest when he is tired, to sleep when be needs it, and to cover his nakedness with clothing: this 'public opinion' makes the slave a prisoner for life on the plantation, except when his jailor pleases to let him out with a 'pass, or sells him, and transfers him in irons to another jail-yard: this 'public opinion' traverses the country, buying up men, women, children chaining them in coffles, and driving them forever from their nearest friends; it sets them on the auction table, to be handled, scrutinized, knocked off to the highest bidder; it proclaims that they shall not have their liberty; and, if their masters give it them, 'public opinion' seizes and throws them back into slavery.
Each of them had left a shred of ribbon pinned to his clothing, in token of remembrance. He said he would keep these things always; and that soon he would seek out these dear good friends of his and take them under his protection. Just then the jailer came in with some subordinates, and commanded that the prisoners be conducted to the jail-yard.
He had nothing against Edward Conway he did not wish to see him killed. And the mob did not attack, although they cursed and bluffed, because each one of them knew it meant death death to some one of them, and that one might be I! Between life and death "I" is a bridge that means it all. A stone wall ran around the front of the jail. A small gate opened into the jail-yard.
That Monday afternoon he met Tessibel as she came into the jail-yard, much the same Tessibel he had seen in the court-room. Professor Young took the girl's hand in his and led her into the small waiting room of the stone prison.
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