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Chapter 22

           "ThisistocertifythatHenryB.Northup,Esquire,ofthecountyofWashington,New-York,hasproducedbeforemedueevidenceofthefreedomofSolomon,amulattoman,agedaboutforty-twoyears,fivefeet,seveninchesandsixlines,woollyhair,andchestnuteyes,whoisanativebornoftheStateofNew-York. ThatthesaidNorthup,beingaboutbringingthesaidSolomontohisnativeplace,throughthesouthernroutes,thecivilauthoritiesarerequestedtolettheaforesaidcoloredmanSolomonpassunmolested,hedemeaningwellandproperly. 

           "GivenundermyhandandthesealofthecityofNew-Orleansthis7thJanuary,1853. 

           "TH.GENOIS,Recorder." 

           Onthe8thwecametoLakePontchartrain,byrailroad,and,induetime,followingtheusualroute,reachedCharleston. Aftergoingonboardthesteamboat,andpayingourpassageatthiscity,Mr.Northupwascalleduponbyacustom-houseofficertoexplainwhyhehadnotregisteredhisservant. Herepliedthathehadnoservantthat,astheagentofNew-York,hewasaccompanyingafreecitizenofthatStatefromslaverytofreedom,anddidnotdesirenorintendtomakeanyregistrywhatever. Iconceivedfromhisconversationandmanner,thoughImayperhapsbeentirelymistaken,thatnogreatpainswouldbetakentoavoidwhateverdifficultytheCharlestonofficialsmightdeempropertocreate. Atlength,however,wewerepermittedtoproceed,and,passingthroughRichmond,whereIcaughtaglimpseofGoodin’spen,arrivedinWashingtonJanuary17th,1853. 

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