generously gives the $25 she received from selling a calf to Ezekial, the runway slave. Ezekial
has been hiding out in Lyddie's cabin, and, as with all runaway slaves, there's a large price on
his head.
When she was working at Cutler's Tavern, Lyddie heard how much
money could be made by turning in a runaway slave. Though desperately in need of the money that
handing over Ezekial over to the authorities would bring, Lyddie chooses instead to give Ezekiel
the $25 she made from selling a calf so that he can have something to take with him on his
journey to freedom in Canada.
Although Lyddie isn't a slave herself, she
realizes that she has a kindred spirit in Ezekial. Like him, she's pretty much at the mercy of
events; as someone who's dirt poor, she lacks the ability to shape her own
destiny.
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