James Stout

And he gets to Granville's brother's free clinic where his immediate injuries are treated, but it's clear he needs more treatment.

And it just happens to be on a day that like,

Granville Sharp is there with his brother.

And so he and his brother take Jonathan to a nearby hospital and pool their money to pay for him to stay there for four months and recover.

And when he's released, because they're just treating him like a freed man at this point, they find him paying work with a Quaker pharmacist they knew.

So they get this guy to the hospital.

He heals.

He recovers pretty well.

And they find him a job.

And he starts living a life, right?

Like he's an independent, free person making money.

For a year and change, things are pretty good for Strong.

But then in 1767, his former owner, Lyle, sees Jonathan on the street and is like, he's alive and healthy.

And he gets really fucking angry.

How dare that boy have the temerity to survive my beating and not hand himself back over to me?

He stole himself, basically.

He stole himself.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So.