Jonathan's
Opinion of the First Continental Congress
Jonathan is a slave who is owned by John Randolph, a Loyalist in Virginia.
The most important thing in your life is your freedom. I have heard that Lord
Dunmore, the man who is trying to make an army of people who live here, has
promised that all slaves who join the army will be
freed.
"This colonial assembly think they meet in secret session, but with
so many spies in our ports, it's difficult to keep information from those who
wish to know what's going on. I can only hope that they listen to the wise Joseph
Galloway. He is drafting a plan to somehow compromise a way to have more
freedom, yet stay under British rule.
I don't know what will happen to slaves should this country ever be under the rule of such
hotheads as Patrick
Henry and Sam Adams! These treasonous radicals actually prefer death to
not having their "so-called" liberty. They are gifted speakers and
have the power to incite the people into a war with England. That would be a
terrible mistake.
We must remain loyal to our those who we know and somehow find a way to work this
out! Too many lives are at stake."
