I would ` nt have thought I could -- I did n't think I could get over , but I did n't care . I could but die if I did n't . And God helped me . ' ` Were you a slave ? ' said the gentleman . ` Yes , sir . ' ` Was your master unkind to you ? ' ` No , sir . ' ` Was your mistress unkind to you ? ' ` No , sir -- no . My mistress was always good to me . ' ` What could make you leave a good home , then , and run away , and go through such danger ? ' ` They wanted to take my boy away from me -- to sell him -- to sell him down south , ma'am . To go all alone -- a baby that had never been away from his mother in his life . I could n't bear it . I took him , and ran away in the night . They chased me , they were coming down close behind me , and I heard 'em . I jumped right on to the ice . How I got across I do n't know . The first I knew , a man was helping me up the bank . '
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