Oration On the Life And Character of Henry Winter Davis
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Through all this Henry Winter Davis passed, bearing his part manfully ; and knowing how heavily he taxed the slender purse of his aunt, he denied himself with such rigor that he succeeded, incredible as it may ap- pear, in bringing his total expenses, including boarding and tuition, within the sum of eighty dollars pfer annum. His father left an estate consisting only of some slaves, which were equally apportioned between him- self and sister. Frequent applications were made to purchase his sla...ves, but he never could be induced to sell them, although the proceeds would have enabled him to pursue his studies with ease and comfort. He rather sought and obtained a tutorship, and for two years he devoted to law and letters only the time he could rescue from its drudgery. In a letter, written in April, 1839, replying to the request of a relative who offered to purchase his slave Sallie, subject to the pro- visions of his father's will, which manumitted her if she would go to Liberia, he said: "But if she is under my control." (he did not know that she had been set to his m share,) "I will not consent to the ^a/^?,.
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