This was because the governor "balked" at issuing a pardon. The governor probably feared it would look bad for him to hand out a pardon to a notorious criminal. Jimmy's friends might drop him if he becomes too infamous and too much of a problem for them.
<span>Through his experiences as a slave he was not a man but property, however, after escaping and working in jobs of his own choosing he became a man in his own right. </span>
