They were, every one of them, manly, generous and brave, yes; I say they were brave, and I will add, fine looking.

It is seldom the lot of mortals to have truer and better friends than were the slaves on this farm.

It is not uncommon to charge slaves with great treachery toward each other, and to believe them incapable of confiding in each other; but I must say, that I never loved, esteemed, or confided in men, more than I did in these.

They were as true as steel, and no band of brothers could have been more{208} loving.

There were no mean advantages taken of each other, as is sometimes the case where slaves are situated as we were; no tattling; no giving each other bad names to Mr.Freeland; and no elevating one at the expense of the other.