My Dearest Emily,
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8-20-1830 My Dearest Emily, I would start out by asking how life is there back on the plantation, but I know it could not possibly be better than what it was like before I chose to escape. I could not see myself being bound to anyone and forced to work any longer. So you must understand my desire to break free. You and I have very different views on that subject. You think that being born a slave has simply been God's calling for you, whereas I dp not. I'm 21 and there's no way I'm going to waste my life on a plantation as a slave. So I hope you understand my desire to leave, that it had nothing to do with you, and I want you to know that I am well. It's late afternoon right now, and I am sitting on an empty crate in the station. The...

