| Traveler's Names | James Cain |
|---|---|
| Age | 35 |
| Description | Dark brown skin with average intellect for one in his condition |
| Alias | – |
| Origin- Town/City | – |
| Origin- County | Dorchester Co. |
| Origin- State | Maryland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Birthplace | – |
| Slaveowner's Name | John Burnham |
| Chapter Title | Arrival from Hoopesville, Md, 1857 |
| Page Number | 437-438 |
| Other Travelers | James Cain, "General Andrew Jackson" and Anna Perry |
| Other Conductors | – |
| Additional Names | – |
| Method of Travel | – |
| Additional Resources | – |
| Items in Possession | – |
| Full Narrative | JIM was about thirty-five years of age, a dark brown skin with average intellect for one in his condition. He had toiled under John Burnham, in Dorchester county, from whom he had received hard treatment, but harder still from his mistress. He averred that she was the cause of matters being so hard with the slaves on the place. Jim contented himself under his lot as well as he' could until within a short time of his escape when he learned that measures were on foot to sell him. The fear of this change brought him directly to meditate upon a trip to Canada. Being a married man he found it hard to leave his wife, Mary, but as she was also a slave, and kept in the employment of her owners at some distance from where he lived, he decided to say nothing to her of his plans, but to start when ready and do the best he could to save himself, as he saw no chance of saving her. |
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