UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

100 KEY TO UNCLE TOM S CABIN.
touched with their sorrow, promisedtheir their brothersperformeda greatshare of
family and friends, who were anxious to the labor. Before theyleftțheir size and
purchasethem,ifpossible, that they should heightwere measured by their owners. At
have an opportunity the next morning. lengththey were again taken out, the
Perhaps he intended at the time to givebrothers handcuffed,
all put on board a
them one; but,as Bruin and Hill țhe steamboat,where were about fortyslaves,
keepers of the largeslave warehouse in mostlymen, and taken to Baltimore. The
Alexandria,offeredhim four thousand five voyage occupied one day and a night.
hundred dollars for the six children, they When arrived in Baltimore,they were
were irrevocably sold before the next morning.
thrown into a slave-penkeptby a partner
of Bruin and Hill. He was a man of
Bruin would listento no terms which
any of their friends could propose. The
lady with whom ,Mary had lived offered a
thousand dollars for her; but Bruin refused,
sayinghe could get double that .
sum in the New Orleans market. He
saidhe had had his eye upon
the family for
twelve years,
and had the promiseof them secured to themselves a littleinterval which
should they ever be sold.
they could employ,uninterrupted,
this
While the girlsremained in the prisonmanner. They,with four or five other
they had no beds or chairs, and onlyone women in the prison, used to meet together,
blanket each,though the nightswere chilly ; before daybreak, to spread their sorrows before
but,understanding that the rooms below, the Refugeof the afflicted ; and in these
where their brothers were confined, were
prayers the hard-hearted slave-dealerwas
stillcolder,and that no blankets were givendailyremembered. The brothers of Mary
them,theysent their own down to them.
In the morningthey were allowed to go
down into the yard for a few moments ; and
then theyused to run to the window of
their brothers' room, to bid them good-morning,
and kiss them through the grate.
At ten o'clock,Thursday night țhe
handcuffed, and,with their
brothers were
sisters, taken into carriagesby their new
OTrners, driven to Alexandria, and put into
prison and begthe trader to sellher to his
a prison called a GeorgiaPen. The girlsowners, who he thoughtwere willing to purchase
were put into a alone, largeroom in total her,ifthe price was not too high. But
darkness,without bed or blanket,where he was driven off with brutalthreats and
theyspent the night in sobs and tears, in curses. They remained in Baltimore about
utter ignorance of theirbrothers'fate. At three weeks.
eighto'clock in the morningthey were The friendsin Washington, thoug hitherto
calledto breakfast, when,to their great comfort,
unsuccessful in their efforts to redeem
theyfound their four brothers all in the family, were stillexerting themselves in
the same prison.
their behalf;and one evening a message
They remained here about four weeks, was received from them by telegraph,
beingusuallypermitted by day to stay below
stating that a person would arrive in 'the
with their brothers, and at nigh to return
morning train of cars preparedto bargain
to their own rooms. Their brothers for the family, and that a part of the money
had greatanxieties about them,fearing they was now ready. But the trader was in-
would be sold south. Samuel,in particular,
and in the morning, an hour before
felt very sadly, as he had been the the cars were to arrive,they were all
principal actor in getting them away. He put on board the brig Union, readyto sail
often said he would gladlydie for them,if for New Orleans. The messenger came,
that would save them from the fatehe feared.
He used to weep
a great deal,though he
sndeavored to restrain his tears in their
presence.
While in the slave-prison theywere
required
to wash for thirteen men, though
coarse habits,constantlyusingthe most
profanelanguage, and grossly obscene and
insulting
his remarks to women. Here
they were forbidden to pray together, as
they had previously been accustomed to do.
But,byrising very early in the morningțhey
and Emily were very gentle
their treatment
and tender in
had
of their sisters, which
an influence upon other men in their company.
At this placethey became accpaainted
with Aunt Rachel,a most godlywoman,
about middle age, who had been sold into
the prisonaway from her husband. The
poor husband used often to come to the
and brought nine hundred dollarsin money,
the gift of a grandsonof John Jacob Astor.
This was finally appropriated to the ransom
of Richard Edmondson,as his wife and
children were said to be suffering
Washington
; and the trader would not sellthe
exorable,