She Seemed Roused For The Moment, And Thanked Me For The Sympathy Which I
Most Sincerely Felt, Hoping At The Same Time To Renew The Conversation In
The Morning.
We had a stormy night, from which she suffered so much as to
be unable to leave her berth
The next day, and I saw nothing further of
her beyond a brief glimpse which I caught of her at Buffalo, as she was
carried ashore, looking more despairing even than the night before.
Below this saloon is the ladies' cabin, also very handsome, but disfigured
by numerous spittoons, and beneath this again is a small cabin with berths
two deep round the sides; and in this abode, as the ship was full, I took
a berth for the night with a southern lady, her two female slaves, four
negresses, and a mulatto woman, who had just purchased their freedom in
Tennessee. These blacks were really lady-like and intelligent, and so
agreeable and naïve that, although they chattered to me till two in the
morning, I was not the least tired of them.
They wanted me to bring them all home to England, to which they have been
taught to look as to a land of liberty and happiness; and it was with much
difficulty that I made them understand that I should not be able to find
employment for them. I asked one of them, a very fine-looking mulatto, how
long she had been married, and her age.
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