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 own livelihood; but, at the ſame time gave ſtrict orders to his friend, not to let Mr Froward know who was his benefactor, and to lay his Maſter under the like injunction. In a ſhort time after, Mr Froward was diſcharged from ſlavery; but did not expreſs ſo much joy on the occaſion, as might have been reaſonably expected. From the good uſage he met with in ſervitude, and the unuſual favours he received from the ſuperintendant, as well as the planter, he had conceived a great liking for the latter, and ſeemed to part with him not without ſome inward reluctance, though with apparent ſurprize, which was much heightened by the additional favour, of a note for a hundred pounds, payable upon fight to Mr Francis Froward, or order, delivered to him by the ſame hand, ſoon after he received the diſcharge before mentioned.

During this confuſion, the gentleman who really had a value for his late ſervant, told him, he was welcome