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"^Nfassa Worthington "will come right tome, and I will say Ginney 's come; I "want you to tell God that Ginney was always a good ser- "vant. She never lie, never steal, never use bad 'language. ' "Massa Worthington will go right and tell God, 'Ginney "was always a good servant. Slie never lie, and never steal, 25 "never uee bad laiiiijuage. ' And then He will come back to " the door and say, 'Ginney, you may come in. ' And I "will 'go right in, and sit down in the kitchen. ' " As already mentio...ned slavery in Connecticut was a family institution. There was often a strong mutual attachment between tlie master and the slave. The one defended the interests, and it im\j be person, of the other, as patron or client. A Mr. Meigs, of East Guilford, now Madison, after wovk- inff with his slave on a small island near the main -land, called "Taxis Island, '' now in the possession of the Meigs family, was returning from it in a boat, wdiich being, by the waves, partially filled with water, could carry only one, which one should ii be ?
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