I cannot believe that it is right to go and enslave whom
we will; but the blacks being here, I can see that it may be the very
best thing for all concerned that they should be owned. This may be
God's way of having them governed and educated."
I found that I was getting deeper into the subject than I intended, and,
besides, it was time to rise. As I left the room, she said, "You _will_
change those papers, won't you? then we will have some more pleasant
talks about this subject." She called to me from the door, "Please don't
send back the lady's letter; I wish to copy it." This is my reason for
not sending the letter with my reply to it. You will certainly give me
credit for candor in telling you all that my wife said. However, it is
so easily answered that I need not fear to intrust you with it.
Yours, for the slave,
A. FREEMAN NORTH.
P.S. After all, I concluded to retain this, and wait till my wife had
made what use she desired of the letter, that I might be sure and return
it to you safely. In the mean time, I have changed the papers. How
irresistible a pleading woman is, especially a wife. Her very want of
logic makes her more so, when we are good-natured.
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