At the same time he was buying up other slaves to take to New Orleans.

At the expiration of three months he was ready to start with us for the New Orleans slave market, but we never knew when we were to go, until the hour had arrived for our departure.
One Sabbath morning Garrison entered the prison and commanded that our limbs should be made ready for the coffles.

They called us up to an anvill block, and the heavy log chains which we had been wearing on our legs during three months, were cut off.

I had been in the prison over three months; but he had other slaves who had not been there so long.

The hand-cuffs were then put on to our wrists.