#john andrew

At this point, the book is focusing on her father Henry’s attempt to gain his own freedom:

In 1852, John Andrew, Henry Williams' lawyer and friend, wrote to Charles Sumner asking him to be the go-between between Williams and his former master (and father... yeah.) Sumner- being in Washington- personally saw to it that it was all taken care of. It was relatively clear cut, except that Williams was $100 short. However, he was given a "generous"* extension of two years to pay off the rest- a temporary manumission. Unsurprisingly, no one involved in this trusted that offer.

Williams did actually manage to raise the rest of the money, though, and Sumner was able to close the deal for him in 1854.

"Williams made the remaining payment of one hundred dollars "by the hand of the Hon. Charles Sumner" in a document dated July 28, 1854. Sumner enclosed the updated manumission papers in a letter to Andrew and Williams, with a pun on the deed of manumission, enclosed: 'I rejoice that this good deed has been done.'" **

*UGH

Well I'm a marked anarchist, yes I'm being totally honest, in fact just the other morning I was planning a bombing. Well, firstly the House Of Lords, then on to the Brit Awards, singing "Bomb the idiots! Bomb all the idiots now!"

I'm a public enemy, the gallows is where it'll have to be, and there'll be no remorse for all the panic that I have caused, just as I light the fuse wire I can just picture the headlines, viva dynamite! Viva dynamite oh!

To rule the world in some way, without leaving any bad taste in the mouth of the human race, the human race...

I'm a young transvestite, I wear clothes that women like, in fact I've got a lovely silken blouse that just gets me so aroused, what do you think of me? What do you think of me now? What would you do to me? What would you do to me now? Why don't you shoot me? Take a gun and shoot me down