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It was now arranged that Mr. Heywood, furnished with a
considerable sum of money in gold, should set out alone
on the following night for their new destination, and
make the necessary preparations for their reception,
while his wife, through her agent, should endeavor to
dispose of the estate. As it would require some time
for this, and as the arrangements at Chicago could not
well be completed within several months, it was settled
that they should meet at Albany, early in the following
autumn, where they should proceed to take possession of
their new abode. For his better security and freedom from
interruption, Mr. Heywood, while travelling, was to assume
a feigned name, but his own was to be resumed immediately
after his arrival at Chicago, for neither he nor his
family could for a moment think of increasing the suspicion
of guilt, by continuing a name that was not their own;
and, finally, as a last measure of precaution, the free
servants of the establishment, had, with the exception
of Catharine, whom they were to take with them, been
discharged, while a purchaser having fortunately been
found, the slaves, with the estate, were handed over to
a new master, proverbial for his kindness to that usually
oppressed race.
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