Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living

CHAPTER II.

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Peter emancipated by his old Master’s Will—but is stolen Page 36–55 and sold at auction, and bid off by GIDEON MOREHOUSE ☜ Hagar tries to buy her brother back—parting scene—his reception at his new Master’s—sudden change in fortune—Master’s cruelty—the Muskrat skins—prepare to go into “the new countries”—start on the journey “incidents of travel” on the road—Mr. Sterling, who is a sterling-good man, tries to buy Peter—gives him a pocket full of “Bungtown coppers”—abuse—story of the Blue Mountain—Oswego—Mr. Cooper, an Abolitionist—journey’s end—Cayuga county, New York.