I intend to leave no stone un-turned in searching for her." "Oh, I _do_ hope that you will succeed.

I expect to stop over there a few days, and I shall be so glad if, before I leave, I hear your search has been crowned with success, or, a least, that you have been put on the right track.

Although I was born and raised in the midst of slavery, I had not the least idea of its barbarous selfishness till I was forced to pass through it.

But we lived so much alone I had no opportunity to study it, except on our own plantation.

My father and mother were very kind to their slaves.