Thomas Auld, for the year 1836.

His promptness in securing my services, would have been flattering to my vanity, had I been ambitious to win the reputation of being a valuable slave.

Even as it was, I felt a slight degree of complacency at the circumstance.

It showed he was as well pleased with me as a slave, as I was with him as a master.

I have already intimated my regard for Mr.Freeland, and I may say here, in addressing northern readers--where is no selfish motive for speaking in praise of a slaveholder--that Mr.Freeland was a man of many excellent qualities, and to me quite preferable to any master I ever had.
But the kindness of the slavemaster only gilds the chain of slavery, and detracts nothing from its weight or power.