“I had rather starve to death here, being a free man, than to have plenty in slavery. I cannot be a slave any more,--nobody could hold me as a slave now, except in irons. Old as I am, I would rather face the Russian fire, or die at the point of the sword, than go into slavery. [Philip Younger, 72 years old]” SlaverySlavery In The United States Book:The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves Source: The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves