She always told her tale with a modesty which showed how
unconscious she was of having done anything more than her simple
duty. No one who listened to her could doubt her perfect
truthfulness and integrity.

Her shrewdness in planning the escape of slaves, her skill in
avoiding arrest, her courage in every emergency, and her
willingness to endure hardship and face any danger for the sake of
her poor followers was phenomenal.

I regret to hear that she is poor and ill, and hope the sale of
your book will give her the relief she so much needs and so well
deserves.

Yours truly,

OLIVER JOHNSON.



AUBURN THEOL. SEMINARY,
_March_ 16, 1886.

By PROFESSOR HOPKINS

The remarkable person who is the subject of the following sketch,
has been residing mostly ever since the close of the war in the
outskirts of the City of Auburn, during all which time I have been
well acquainted with her. She has all the characteristics of the
pure African race strongly marked upon her, though from which one