William and Mr. Sands

In this reading, Mr. Sands gets elected as Congressman and has to move to Washington. He decides to take William with him with the intention of freeing William in the long run. However, William recognizes that Mr. Sands is not a very trusting man and does not want to go to Washington with him. William runs away from Mr. Sands because he does not think that Mr. Sands will hold up his promise and let him free. William instead runs away with some abolitionists in the North. I think that William running away is justified because we find out that Mr. Sands is not someone that William can trust. William knows that he will just have to work for Mr. Sands in Washington and will never escape the life of slavery. If I were in William’s shoes, I would probably do the same thing.