… it seems my duty to go. But I am legally the property of Thomas Auld, and if I go to the United States, (no matter to … no City of Refuge there, no spot sacred to freedom there,) Thomas Auld, aided by the American Government, can seize, … have nobly and generously paid Hugh Auld, the agent of Thomas Auld, &163;150—in consideration of which, Hugh Auld …