Macey

Sturdy good man who refuses to give up a persecuted Quaker who has sought his house for refuge. Macey would keep off the po e with his gun, but the Friend yields himself up. When the attempt is made to arrest Macey, also, he and his wife escape by boat to the then desolate Island of Nautucket and make there a home. “And yet that isle remain eth A refuge of the free, As when true-hearted Macey Beheld it from the sea. Free as the winds that winnow Her shruble hills of sand, Free as the waves that batter Along her yielding land.” Poems , John Green leaf Whittier.