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Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman

CHAPTER XXIV
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He had seen enough in the fierce look and sullen scowl; and had heard enough of the bitterness, and threatening anger of the negroes, to know that a storm was gathering, which must soon burst in all its wild fury over his devoted head.

He was a small, feeble man, compared with those who watched his every movement, and gnashed their teeth upon him so fiercely.

None but the Almighty could save him now; and to Him who "rides upon the wings of the wind, and maketh the clouds His chariot," he drew near in fervent prayer; after which he retired in peace and confidence to his berth.

During the night, a fine breeze sprang up; and when he went on deck the next morning, they were in sight of the luxuriant shore of Hayti! The officers of the island boarded the ship; but their language was unintelligible to the negroes, who still looked daggers at every one who spoke.

They landed; but the fearful, and ungrateful slaves continued sullen and forbidding.


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