The nature which God gave me did not allow me to believe that you had any more right to me than I had to you, and that was just none at all.

And from an early age, I had intentions to free myself from your claim.

I never consulted any one about it; I had no advisers or instigators; I kept my own counsel entirely concealed in my own bosom.

I never meditated any evil to your person or property, but I regarded you as my oppressor, and I deemed it my duty to get out of your hands by peaceable means.
I was always obedient to your commands.

I laboured for you diligently at all times.