Betrayal
In 1916, the historian John H. Paynter identified Judson Diggs as the slave who had betrayed the fugitives. He had driven one of the participants to the dock. After the man failed to pay him, Diggs reported the suspicious activity. Paynter, a descendant of the Edmonson siblings had interviewed descendants of the escapees. He wrote: “Judson Diggs, one of their own people, a man who in all reason might have been expected to sympathize with their effort, took upon himself the role of Judas."
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Famous quotes containing the word betrayal:
“still a betrayal room for the till-death-do-us
and yet a death, as in the unlocking of scissors
that makes the now separate parts useless,
even to cut each other up as we did yearly
under the crayoned-in sun.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
“Anyone who hasn’t experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)