r plan.-My wife and child removed.-Disgraceful proposal to her, and cruel p

d even murderers. There were also in the female department, harlots, pick-pockets, and adulteresses. In such company, and under such influences, where there was constant swearing, lying, cheating, and stealing, it was almost

isons and learn something more-they might properly be called robber colleges; and if slaveholders understood this they wo

ling horses, cattle, sheep, and slaves; and when they would be sometimes apprehended, by the aid of their friends, they would break jail. But they could most generally find enough to swear them clear of any kin

o Canada, and be free, and suggested a plan by which I might accomplish it; and one way was, to learn to read and write, so that I might write my

from slavery; that was to break out of the prison and leave my fam

turnkey. So much so, that when I wanted water or anything of the kind, they would open my door and hand it in to me.

e, whose name was Stephen, had the prisoners to attend to. The white prisoners formed a plot to br

keep it in my pocket to strike poor old Stephen with, when he should open my cell

he keys from him, and lock him up in the cell-take a chisel and cut the chain from my own leg, then unlock all the cells below, and let out the other prisoners, who were all to cut off their chains. We were then to go and let out old Stephen, and make him go off with us. We were to form a line and march to the front gate of the prison with a sledge hammer, and break it open, and if we should be discovered, and there should be any out-cry, we were all to run

kept on bread and water alone, for many days. A few days after we were put in this prison, Garrison came and took my wife and child out, I knew not for what purpose, nor to what place, but after the absence of several days I supposed that he had sold them. But one morning, the outside

sing sound struck a sympathetic chord through all the prison among the prisoners. I was not permitted to go to my wif

that Garrison had taken her to a private house where he kept female slaves for the basest purposes. It

romptly repeled; and for which Garrison punished her with the lash, threatening her that if she did not submit that he would sell her child. The next day he made t

he should never see it again. He then drove Malinda before him to the work-house, swearing by hi

not sold her or the child. At the same time he was buying up other slaves to take to New Orleans. At the expiration of three months he was

ns which we had been wearing on our legs during three months, were cut off. I had been in the prison over three months; but he had other slaves who had not been there so long.

mboat Water Witch. But this was at a very low time of water, in the fall of 1839. The boat got aground, and did not get off that night; and Garr

et as sheep or oxen; and annoyed by the galling chains that cramped our wearied limbs on the tedious voyage. But I had several opportunities to have run away from Garrison before we got to the mouth of the Ohio river. While they were shifting us from one boat to another, my hands were some times loosed, until they got us all on board-and I know that I should have broke away had it not been for the sake of my wife and ch