While they were abroad lecturing and asking contributions to their cause--taking with them the slave girl Lily as an example of what slavery had done--she remained at Washington.
They actually did arrange for the deportation of a ship-load of blacks to Hayti, another ship-load to Liberia.

A colony of blacks whose freedom had been purchased was established in Tennessee, others were planned for yet other localities.

It was part of her intent to establish nuclei of freed blacks in different portions of the southern section.
In all this work Lily, late servant of Josephine St.Auban, assumed a certain prominence, this being given to her not wholly with wisdom.

Although but little negro blood remained in her veins, this former slave had not risen above the life that had surrounded her.

Ignorant, emotional, at times working herself into a frenzy of religious zeal, she was farthest of all from being a sober judge or a fair-minded agent for the views of others.