1. we were not regularly allowanced. our food was coarse corn meal boiled. This was called mush. It was put into a  large wooden tray or trough, and set doewn upon the ground. The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush; some with oyster-shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands , and none with spoons. He that ate fastest got most; he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left trough satisfied. This is an important passage because it shows that the slaves really didn’t have any food. It shows that the slaves were treated as pigs. 2. Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity. I have ever regarded it as the first plain manifestation of that kind providence which has ever since attended me, and marked my life with so many favors. This is an important passage because it shows that he thought Baltimore was going to change his life. And it did.3.My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,- a women of the kindest  heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for living. This is an important passage because it shows who the new mistress was.