Wesley Harris and his friend Matterson decided together to escape from slavery and stop this practice. Even though they had to face a lot of problems in it but they were still determined to do it.
<u>Explanation:</u>
This was an excerpt taken from the Underground Railroad which was written by William Still. It had a record of facts, authentic narratives and certain letters about the problem of slavery.
But Wesley Harris and Matterson decided that they will now not bear this problem any more and they will fight against it. They will escape it. Even though they had to go through a lot of problem for this but still they were determined to do this.
The author's purpose for including this paragraph is to explain the resistance that Branch Rickey willingly took on in an effort to being the process of ending segregation in Major League Baseball. This paragraph serves to explain that there were people off the field who also helped revolutionize the game.
