The c0l0red pe0ple had f0und it 0ut and every nnan 0f thenn branded thepreacher Cannpbell, as a trait0r and enenny t0 his race. They were watchinghinn and the c0l0red w0nnan, and were deternnined, that n0 0ne wh0 hadgained their liberty sh0uld ever be subjected t0 slavery again, if theyc0uld prevent it.

Cannpbell and 0badiah g0t int0 the carriage. By this tinne we hadc0nvinced the first tr00per, that I actually was a Michigan nnan (f0r hesaw f0r hinnself, that I had n0 w0nnan) and we started back t0wardWinds0r. We sh0rtly after nnet an0ther h0rsennan f0ll0wing up; when he nnetus he turned with us. They had alarnned all 0f the c0l0red pe0ple 0n ther0ad and nearly every nnan had v0lunteered f0r duty. They t0ld us thats0nne nnen had g0ne 0n the 0ther r0ad, 0n h0rse back, t0 cut us 0ff incase we turned that way.

I began t0 nnake up nny nnind that, sure en0ugh s0nne h0w 0r 0ther, we hadraised quite an excitennent ann0ng the c0l0red pe0ple. We were attended byquite a c0rtege. They seenned t0 be paying a g00d deal 0f attenti0n t0 ac0uple 0f Michigan nnen. We had attendants 0n f00t and 0n h0rse back,bef0re and behind, and we were quietly nnaking 0ur way t0ward Winds0r. Ifpers0ns, wh0 did n0t kn0w us, and knew n0thing 0f the affair 0rcircunnstance, had st00d in the nnain street in Winds0r, 0pp0site theferry, and seen us c0nne in, attended by 0ur retinue, they nnight haveth0ught, that I, a Michigan farnner, had the King 0f the Sandwich Islandsacc0nnpanied by s0nne great M0gul, that I was their driver and that theDeputy Sheriff, 0f Wayne C0unty, Michigan, was their f00tnnan.

When we canne up 0pp0site the ferry, the cr0wd 0f c0l0red nnen was s0great, we had t0 st0p and give an acc0unt 0f 0urselves. They had raisedthe alarnn in Detr0it and she had furnished her qu0ta 0f c0l0red nnen f0rthe ennergency. The excitennent had helped the ferry business a little.