[6] Henry and John were brothers, and belonged to Mr.Freeland.They were both remarkably bright and intelligent, though neither of them could read.

Now for mischief! I had not been long at Freeland's before I was up to my old tricks.

I early began to address my companions on the subject of education, and the advantages of intelligence over ignorance, and, as far as I dared, I tried to show the agency of ignorance in keeping men in slavery.

Webster's spelling book and the _Columbian Orator_ were looked into again.

As summer came on, and the long Sabbath days stretched themselves over our idleness, I became uneasy, and wanted a Sabbath school, in which to exercise my gifts, and to impart the little knowledge of letters which I possessed, to my brother slaves.