The account books and money were all committed to him.

He had servants under him, and did almost as he pleased--except becoming free.

Yet he must say, as respected himself, kindly as he was treated, that slavery was a _grievous wrong, most unjust and sinful_.

The very thought--and it often came over him--that he was a slave, brought with it a terrible sense of degradation.

It came over the soul like a frost.