Most parts of the text highlights Mary’s strong will and perseverance for obtaining her freedom. Her hardworking characteristics did not diminish after leaving Mr.Wood, instead she worked even harder to obtain her goals. The part that stood out to me however, was the paper given to Marry from Mr.Wood. Although free in England, he still tried his best to oppress her. He stated that she was idle and did not do her work – a blatant lie. The gentleman from the Anti-Slavery Society offered to buy her freedom from Mr. Wood who for some reason had great animosity towards Mary. Obviously Mr. Wood declined. Even though he had no real purpose for Mary anymore and she was not working for him, he unjustly wanted to prevent her from living a decent life. Mary’s happiness was so insignificant to Wood’s that he didn’t mind not having any use for her, he just wanted her to not be content.