A NARRATIVE OF SOME REMARKABLE INCIDENTS, In the Life of SOLOMON BAYLEY, FORMERLY A SLAVE, IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, NORTH AMERICA; WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, AND PUBLISHED FOR HIS BENEFIT; TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, A FEW REMARKS BY ROBERT HURNARD. “Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.”--II. Cor. iv. 9. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND DARTON, GRACECHURCH STREET; W. BAYNES & SON, PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND P. YOUNGMAN, WITHAM AND MALDON. 1825. WITHAM AND MALDON: PRINTED BY P. YOUNGMAN. PREFACE. In presenting the following fragments to the attention of the public, it appears necessary to state the manner in which they came into my possession, and to give the reader a brief account of the Author, Solomon Bayley. During the early part of my residence in America in the year 1820, I met with the piece containing the account of his escape from slavery, with the mental and bodily trials he underwent, resulting from that step: being much interested in the perusal of this simple and unadorned narrative, I was induced to make some inquiry into the character and circumstances of a man, the recital of whose sufferings and wrongs had deeply excited my sympathy. The information which, in consequence, I obtained from many respectable inhabitants of Wilmington, where I then resided, was in all respects gratifying, so far as related to his character; and was, besides, such as to induce a hope that his situation in life was about to become comparatively easy and independent.