After the war I asked our old Malinda one day how she liked freedom.
This of course gave me a fair opportunity of testing Malinda's sincerity.
That Malinda loved me above all others on earth, no one could deny.
But he soon began to take the hint, and sold me to Wm. Gatewood the owner of Malinda.
Malinda would gladly exchange all worldly possessions and freedom to have plantation days back again.