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Massa gave me a holiday, and said he'd give me more,

I thanked him very kindly, and shoved my boat from shore;
I drifted down the river, my heart was light and free,

I had my eye on the bright north star, and thought of liberty.

They worked me all the day,

Without a bit of pay,

So I took my flight in the middle of the night,
When the sun was gone away.

I jumped out of my good old boat and shoved it from the shore,
And travelled faster that night than I had ever done before;

I came up to a farmer's house, just at the break of day,

And saw a white man standing there, said he, "You are run away."

They worked me all the day,

Without a bit of pay,

So I took my flight in the middle of the night,

When the sun was gone away.

I told him I had left the whip, and baying of the hound,
To find a place where man was man, if such there could be found,
That I heard in Canada, all men were free

And that I was going there in search of liberty.

They worked me all the day,

Without a bit of pay,

So I took my flight in the middle of the night,
When the sun was gone away.

YE HERALDS OF FREEDOM.

Ye heralds of freedom, ye noble and brave,
Who dare to insist on the rights of the slave.
Go onward, go onward, your cause is of God,
And he will soon sever the oppressor's strong rod.

The finger of slander may now at you point,
That finger will soon lose the strength of its joint;
And those who now plead for the rights of the slave,
Will soon be acknowledged the good and the brave.

Though thrones and dominions, and kingdoms and powers,
May now all oppose you, the victory is yours;
The banner of Jesus will soon be unfurled,
And he will give freedom and peace to the world.

Go under his standard, and fight by his side,
O'er mountains and billows you'll then safely ride;
His gracious protection will be to you given,
And bright crowns of glory he'll give you in heaven.

TESTIMONIALS IN FAVOUR OF JOHN ANDREW JACKSON, A FUGITIVE SLAVE.

"I am very happy to say that Mr. Jackson is a member of my Church, and is well worthy of all confidence and regard. April 12th, 1860.

C. H. SPURGEON."

"We, the undersigned, bear testimony to the truth of Mr. Jackson's statements, being satisfied regarding these either by personal investigation of his case, or by the evidence of those who have done so, and on whose veracity we can depend. The credentials he carries with him are attested by parties of the very highest respectability in Edinburgh. We therefore commend him to the kind sympathies of every friend of the slave, not only on account of his exposure and denunciation of slavery in general, but his very laudable object of raising funds to procure the deliverance of his father and two children of a murdered sister from bondage.

MEREAMLER WALLACE, Minister, East Campbell Street N. P. Church, Glasgow.

WILLIAM BRUCE, Minister, U. P. Church, Edinburgh.

WM. GRAHAM, Minister, Newhaven.

ROBT. NELSON, Deacon, St. John's Free Church.

THOS. NELSON, Printer, etc.

W. J. DUNCAN, Banker."

"18, Coates Crescent,

Edinburgh, 7th May, 1857.

Mr. Jackson, on producing what seemed to me sufficient testimonials, and particularly a strong one from Mrs. Beecher Stowe, was allowed to deliver two lectures in my Church. These lectures were, I have reason to know, very creditable to him. I have no doubt of his being entitled to countenance and support in his laudable undertaking.

THOS. CANDLISH, D.D.,

Minister of Free St. George's. JAMES GRANT, 7, Gilmore Place."

"Resermere Presbyterian Manor,

Loanhouse, Edinburgh, 18th May, 1857.

From testimonials produced by Mr. Jackson, given by Mrs. Beecher Stowe and others, I was convinced of the truth of his case, gave him the use of my Church for public lectures on two occasions, and felt happy in affording him hospitality for two nights. From all I have seen and heard, it gives me pleasure to testify my conviction that he is entitled to cordial sympathy and encouragement in the laudable object he has in view-the deliverance of some relations from that state of bondage from which he himself has in the good providence of God escaped. I can cordially unite with the above, from

WM. ANDERSON, Minister of the gospel.

DAVID GUTHRIE, Minister of the Free
Church, Tibetson."

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At a meeting of the Joint Committees of the "Glasgow New Association for the Abolition of Slavery," the certificates of John Andrew Jackson, a fugitive slave, having been examined and considered satisfactory, it was unanimously agreed to vote him two guineas towards the object of his mission.

JOHN SMITH, Treasurer."

"J. A. Jackson having called on me and shown his testimonials, I took him to a lady, Miss Griffith, who was visiting this town on anti-slavery business, and who has resided several years in America. She examined him very closely, and was fully satisfied that his representations of himself are correct. I believe implicit reliance may be placed in his truthfulness and honesty.

March 25th, 1858.

RICHD. SKINNER, Minister of Ramsden Street Chapel, Huddersfield."

Samuel Fessenden, a gentleman well known in the United States, with whom Mr. Jackson lived some time, gave him this character:

"This may certify that I have known Mr. John Andrew Jackson more than five years; I believe him to be a reliable man for integrity and truth. His history, which is very thrilling, may be relied on, as he relates it. He is anxious to redeem his father and two children of a sister in slavery. He has a claim on your sympathies.

SAMUEL FESSENDEN."

"Boston, April 30th, 1856

Be it known that we know John Andrew Jackson, a coloured man, to be industrious and honest; said Jackson worked in Salem, Mass., having worked for us at different times during the years of 1847-8-9, and 50. We further state that we believe said John Andrew Jackson was formerly a slave, and that his word may be relied upon, as we think him a man of integrity and truth.

SAMUEL HIGBEE, North Street.

JOHN GILMER."

"Be it known to whom it may concern, that I went with the above John Andrew Jackson and saw Mrs. Foreman, in Richmond Street, Boston, and she fully corroborated his statement in reference to his being a slave; also said her son had been on board the vessel, and seen the spot where the said John Andrew Jackson was cut out, according to his statement; I would further add, that I know the above gentlemen, Samuel Higbee and John Gilmer, to be men of character and highly respectable, and that their statement may be fully relied upon.

G. W. COCHRANE, 60 & 70, Read St."

Mr. Jackson lectured twice in the Rev. Mr. Candlish's Church, Edinburgh, when the rev. gentleman took the chair; he also lectured in almost all the Churches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and he lectured all the way through to London, where he still continues to lecture on slavery, and endeavours to bring in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; he is now waiting to see how the conflict in America will end; and if it please God that the slaves get their freedom, his intention is to go and preach the gospel among them as long as he lives.

I am happy to say, that since writing the foregoing, President Lincoln has issued his proclamation, that "On January 1st, 1863, all slaves within any State, or part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the Federal Government, shall be then, thenceforward, and for ever free."-J. A. J.

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PASSMORE & ALABASTER, Printers, Wilson Street, Finsbury.

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