... was wrong but because none of them ever got away. She had only two slaves ever try to run away. The first one was Jim. He ran away in the middle of the night. He ran through a river and on top of a stone wall so the dogs could not find his scent. But the dogs unfortunately caught drift of his scent, so Jim climbed a tree to get away ... . The tree was not big enough for Jim so his legs hung down and the dogs tore at everything they could reach. Even after ... for three nights. On the second night he called Sarny over to where he laid and taught her the letter H. Mammy heard him and thou...

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