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happened in a few days there- after. We now being very well reconciled to our fate, began to conſult how we were to conduct ourſelves when arri- ved at Virginia, that being the place of our deſtination; and by the kind- ly aſſiſtance of my old governeſs and the Shipmaſter, that was to carry us, we purchaſed a good deal of merch- andiſe fitting for that place, my huſ- band had ſtill ſaved about one hun- dred and eighty pounds ſterling, and I about double that ſum. After we were put aboard for tran- ſportation, a little of our money procur- ed very good convenience, and were uſed as captain paſſengers. Our only difficulty now being, to get free when landed, for our ſentence being ſeven years ſlavery; but after Conſulting our captain, and payidg him very handſomely for our paſſage, &c. One procured a receipt from the gover- nor of Virginia for us, ſo on our land- ing, were ſet at liberty for to go and ſettle in any place we pleaſed. When landed at Virginia, I ſoon learned, that my former huſband,