[A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child]@TWC D-Link bookA Romance of the Republic CHAPTER XXIII 2/26
He wanted me to try to find the fellow, and, of course, I did; for I always calculate to do my duty, as the law directs.
So I went immediately to Father Snowdon, and described the black man, and informed him that his master had sent for him, in a great hurry.
I told him I thought it very likely he was lurking somewhere in Belknap Street; and if he would have the goodness to hunt him up, I would call, in the course of an hour or two, to see what luck he had.'" "Who is Father Snowdon ?" inquired Mrs.Delano. "He is the colored preacher in Belknap Street Church," replied Mr. Percival, "and a remarkable man in his way.
He fully equals Chloe in prayer; and he is apt to command the ship Buzzard to the especial attention of the Lord.
The first time I entered his meeting, he was saying, in a loud voice, 'We pray thee, O Lord, to bless her Majesty's good ship, the Buzzard; and if there's a slave-trader now on the coast of Africa, we pray thee, O Lord, to blow her straight under the lee of the Buzzard.' He has been a slave himself, and he has perhaps helped off more slaves than any man in the country.
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