No one ever made an appeal to them they did not answer.

They were degraded and ignorant, which was attributable to the cruel laws and equally unchristian practices of the people of the South; but their hearts were always open, and the slightest demand upon their sympathies brought forth their tears.

They never shunned a man or woman who sought food or shelter on their way to freedom.

The goodness of heart and the guileless spirit of the blacks was not better understood by any one than Clotelle; and she felt a secret joy at seeing all the servants in the Greenville hotel negroes.

She saw from their very looks that she had their undivided sympathies.