To escape this cruelty, I determined to go to Charles Town, and throw myself into the hands of the English. They received me readily, and I began to feel the happiness of liberty, of which I knew nothing before, although I was most grieved at first to be obliged to leave many friends, and remain among strangers.


On joining the British during the American Revolution. Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, a Black Preacher, Written by Himself (1796)

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To escape this cruelty, I determined to go to Charles Town, and throw myself into the hands of the English. They received me readily, and I began to...

To escape this cruelty, I determined to go to Charles Town, and throw myself into the hands of the English. They received me readily, and I began to...

To escape this cruelty, I determined to go to Charles Town, and throw myself into the hands of the English. They received me readily, and I began to...

To escape this cruelty, I determined to go to Charles Town, and throw myself into the hands of the English. They received me readily, and I began to...