I took the occasion to thank her for her intercession and also to tell her that I was not a slave by birth, but the son of a freeman,
He shares with her his story. I am not a slave, he says. And even though he looked it to her, she began to see him different. Sharing his story with her, freed himself. And her words in response drove the slave from within him. But it started with sharing his story. Even though I look like a slave, I'm a free man.
