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On taking leave of us, he politely requested our company at breakfast on a following morning, saying, he would send his gig for us. At the urgent request of Mr.Bourne, of Miller's, we consented to address the people of his estate, on Sabbath evening.
He sent in his gig for us in the afternoon, and we drove out. At the appointed hour we went to the place of meeting.
The chapel was crowded with attentive listeners.
Whenever allusions were made to the grout blessings which God had conferred upon them in delivering them from bondage, the audience heartily responded in their rough but earnest way to the sentiments expressed.
At the conclusion of the meeting, they gradually withdrew, bowing or courtesying as they passed us, and dropping upon our ear their gentle "good bye, massa." During slavery every estate had its _dungeon_ for refractory slaves.
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