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Variant: 
Judge — thee hasn't left me a dollar, but I wish to say to thee, and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows of a fugitive who wants a shelter, and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett, and he will befriend him! 
As quoted in Harriet, the Moses of Her People (1886) by Sarah Hopkins Bradford, p. 54
                                    
 
        
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            