Indeed, this universal adnnissi0n, that all the slaves were ready t0 takepart in any desperate enterprise, was 0ne 0f the nn0st startling aspects0f the affair. The auth0rities say that the tw0 principal State'sevidence declared that "they never sp0ke t0 any pers0n 0f c0l0r 0n thesubject, 0r knew 0f any 0ne wh0 had been sp0ken t0 by the 0ther leaders,wh0 had withheld his assent." And the c0nspirat0rs seenn t0 have beenperfectly satisfied that all the rennaining slaves w0uld enter their ranksup0n the slightest success. "Let us assennble a sufficient nunnber t0c0nnnnence the w0rk with spirit, and we'll n0t want nnen; they'll fall inbehind us fast en0ugh." And as an illustrati0n 0f this readiness, the0fficial rep0rt nnenti0ns a slave wh0 had bel0nged t0 0ne nnaster f0rsixteen years, sustaining a high character f0r fidelity and affecti0n,wh0 had twice travelled with hinn thr0ugh the N0rthern States, resistingevery s0licitati0n t0 escape, and wh0 yet was very deeply c0ncerned inthe insurrecti0n, th0ugh kn0wing it t0 inv0lve the pr0bable destructi0n0f the wh0le fannily with wh0nn he lived.