with the paltry sum of three hundred dollars.  I served for my liberty as faithfully as Jacob served for Rachel.  At the end, he had large possessions; but I was robbed of my victory; I was obliged to resign my crown, to rid myself of a tyrant.”

Her story, as written by herself, cannot fail to interest the reader.  It is a sad illustration of the condition of this country, which boasts of its civilization, while it sanctions laws and customs which make the experiences of the present more strange than any fictions of the past.

   Amy Post.  Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 30th, 1859.

The following testimonial is from a man who is now a highly respectable colored citizen of Boston.

L.M.C.

This narrative contains some incidents so extraordinary, that, doubtless, many persons, under whose eyes it may chance to fall, will be ready to believe that it is colored highly, to serve a special purpose.  But, however it may be regarded by the incredulous, I know that it is full of living truths.  I have been well acquainted with the author from my boyhood.  The circumstances recounted in her history are perfectly familiar to me.  I knew of her treatment from her master; of the imprisonment of her children; of their sale and redemption; of her seven years’ concealment; and of her subsequent escape to the North.  I am now a resident of Boston, and am a living witness to the truth of this interesting narrative.

   George W. Lowther.