discontented and to appear as unreconciled to my master as I could
before that he bargained with him for me; and that in return he would
give me a good chance to gain my freedom when I came to live with him.
I did as he requested me. Not long after Hempsted Miner purchased me
of my master for fifty-six pounds lawful. He took the chain and
padlocks off me immediately after.

It may here be remembered, that I related a few pages back, that I
hired out a sum of money to Mr. Robert Stanton, and took his note for
it. In the fray between my master Stanton and myself, he broke open
my chest containing his brother's note to me, and destroyed it.
Immediately after my present master bought me, he determined to sell
me at Hartford. As soon as I became apprized of it, I bethought
myself that I would secure a certain sum of money which lay by me,
safer than to hire it out to Stanton. Accordingly I buried it in the
earth, a little distance from Thomas Stanton's, in the road over which
he passed daily. A short time after my master carried me to Hartford,
and first proposed to sell me to one William Hooker of that place.
Hooker asked whether I would go to the German Flats with him. I
answered, No. He said I should, if not by fair means I should by
foul. If you will go by no other measures, I will tie you down in my
sleigh. I replied to him, that if he carried me in that manner, no
person would purchase me, for it would be thought that he had a
murderer for sale. After this he tried no more, and said he would not
have me as a gift.

My master next offered me to Daniel Edwards, Esq. of Hartford, for
sale. But not purchasing me, my master pawned me to him for ten
pounds, and returned to Stonington. After some trial of my honesty,
Mr. Edwards placed considerable trust and confidence in me. He put me