At this time Walker also wrote: "Among other things, my mind was occupied on [the subject of slavery] also, and I calmly and deliberately thought it over; and...came to the conclusion that slavery was evil...and therefore calculated to secure the approbation of that great 'Judge of all the earth, who doeth right,' and before whose presence whose presence I soon expected to appear."
Three days later the group celebrated Independence Day only thirty miles south of Cedar Key, no doubt wondering at the irony of independence in a nation that enslaved another race. Back in Walker's home area of Cape Cod, the Barnstable Patriot reported that the Friends of Liberty discussed the all-important subject of American slavery. They concluded that "people appear to be waking up to remove this curse from our land."
Next month: The group continues its journey to Cape Florida.
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