<\/a>Robert was thirty-five years of age, of a chestnut color, and well made.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHis report was similar to that of many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had been provided with plenty of hard drudgery\u2014hewing of wood and drawing of water, and had hardly been treated as well as a gentleman would treat a dumb brute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His feelings, therefore, on leaving his old master and home, were those of an individual who had been unjustly in prison for a dozen years and had at last regained his liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The civilization, religion, and customs under which Robert and his companions had been raised, were, he thought, “very wicked.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although these travelers were all of the field-hand order, they were, nevertheless, very promising, and they anticipated better days in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good advice was proffered them on the subject of temperance, industry, education, etc. Clothing, food and money were also given them to meet their wants, and they were sent on their way rejoicing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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