The
threat became a tragic fact. On April 2, 1778, Judge White was arrested and
imprisoned. Among the tearful witnesses was his eight year old son, Samuel
White, who later became a Senator. Asbury departed; and so as not to betray his
friends, hid in swamps, or houses safe from intrusion (one was Governor
Rodney's!). During this period of lonely travel he never ceased to preach.
Though the Judge's persecution continued for a year, the family sheltered Asbury
again from November 1778 until April 1779.
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