The sheer determination Mary possesses stuck out to me in the beginning of the reading. While other slaves had some time to I guess rest for a couple of hours she would go out and do extra work for small payments in hopes of accumulating enough one day to buy her own freedom. Even though she saved a lot of money and even found herself a husband and people to assist her with her savings, her master wouldn’t budge and shut down all offers to sell her. While a free woman in England her wishes to be free and get back with her husband were still denied even though she had help from a group known as the Anti-Slavery Society. Through out all the attempts to return back a free woman to be with her husband Mr.Woods would turn them down even though he was offered a pretty large sum of cash. All in all Mary’s resilience is amazing and I found it funny how she told her husband that if he wanted to marry her he would have to come to church with her. It just shows how strong she is and even though the odds are against her somethings must get done her way.