LEVI COFFIN "REMININENSCES"

"John Wilson and Eliza" in Levi Coffin 's REMINISCENCES has blessed me mightily today. It is the story of a white man who "married" a slave woman in Mississippi, who bore him two children. Her master would not sell this fair-skinned house servant to her husband; instead fearing that he would steal her and them, to freedom in Canada, the master transferred her from the house to do field work at another of his nearby plantation's in Plaquemine Parish, north of New Orleans, while separating her from the children. After many twists and turns, legal maneuvering, high adventures, and near misses the family is reunited in Adrian, Michigan . Read and enjoy!