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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.T
The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL. I. AUGUST, 1836. NO. 1.TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; OR, TO SUCH AMERICANS AS VALUE THEIR RIGHTS, AND DARE TO MAINTAIN THEM.FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!A crisis has arrived, in which rights the m
- 101 "We seriously call upon our representatives to consider well all the bearings of the question, and if they cannot resist effectually these encroachments of the Imperial Government, adopt the remaining alternative of saving themselves from an infliction,
- 102 Mr. Frater said, among other things, "He knew that it might be said the bill (Lord Glenelg's) did not go to the extent of freeing the negroes--_that we are about to do ourselves_, but he would ask whether we were not _driven into the difficulty_ by whic
- 103 FIRST OF AUGUST."It gives us great pleasure to state that, so far as our information from the country extends, this day was observed in a manner highly creditable to our brethren. We never ourselves antic.i.p.ated any riotings or disorder on the part of
- 104 "St. Mary's--On some estates in this parish we are informed, and particularly those under the charge of Richard Lewis, Esq. such as Ballard's Valley, Timperon's estates, Ellis' estates, &c. and of Charles Stewart, Esq. Trinity, Royal, Roslin Bremer H
- 105 1838. Sept. 15. To rent of house and garden, from 1st of Aug.to date, 6s. 8d. per week, 2 3 9-1/2 Rent of provision ground, 5s. per week, 1 12 6 Pasturage, two weeks, for an a.s.s, 6s. 3d, per month, 0 3 4 Two hogs, 1s. 8d. per week, 1 1 10-3/4 ----------
- 106 To one week's rent of house, garden, and ground, and to 5 ditto for his wife, Margaret Greenfield, at 5s. per week. 1 10 0 J.G. states, "I come for ma.s.sa. When we make bargain with Mr. McNeal, it was a maccaroni (1s. 8d.) a day, and for we house and g
- 107 "The Island of Jamaica is not in the deplorable state set forth by your correspondent.--Land is rising in value so rapidly, that what was bought five years ago at 3 dollars per acre, is now selling for 15 dollars; and this in the interior of the Island,
- 108 It may be proper to remark that the accompanying General Abstract for August, September, and to the 15th October, 1837, does not include complaints preferred and heard before the Local Magistrates during those months for such offences--viz. for misdemeano
- 109 The Barbadian of November 21, speaks of a "mega.s.s house" set on fire in this island which the peasantry refused to extinguish, and adds that but half work is performed by the laborer in that parish. "Those of the adjoining parish," its says, "are s
- 110 2. 1 Tim. vi. 2, expresses the sentiment, that slaves, who are Christians and have Christian masters, are not, on that account, and because _as Christians they are brethren_, to forego the reverence due to them as masters. That is, the relation of master
- 111 "AND THEY STOPPED THEIR EARS."The methods of discipline under which, as slaveholders, the Southrons now place their human cattle, they with one consent and in great wrath, forbid us to examine. The statesman and the priest unite in the a.s.surance, that
- 112 Can slavery, however modified, be consistent with such a gospel?--a gospel which requires us, even amidst the highest forms of social life, to exert ourselves to raise the depressed by giving our warmest sympathies to those who have the smallest share in
- 113 quite self-possessed and all complacent reads in reply from his bread phylactery, _Paul sent back Onesimus to Philemon_! Yes, echoes the negro-hating mob, made up of "gentlemen of property and standing"together with equally gentle-men reeking from the g
- 114 A leading signification gives us the _manual laborer_, to whom, in the division of labor, muscular exertion was allotted. As in his exertions the bodily powers are especially employed--such powers as belong to man in common with mere animals--his sphere h
- 115 [Footnote C: Pittsburgh pamphlet p. 31.]"It is," affirms the Princeton professor, "on all hands acknowledged, that, at the time of the advent of Jesus Christ, slavery in its worst forms prevailed over the whole world. _The Savior found it around him_ i
- 116 Christianity, then, requires such slavery as Prof. Hodge so cunningly defines, to be abolished. It was well provided, for the peace of the respective parties, that he placed _his definition_ so far from _the requisitions of Christianity_. Had he brought t
- 117 I am, Sir, Your ob'd't serv't, F.H. ELMORE, of S.C.QUESTIONS for J.G. Birney, Esq., Cor. Sec. A.A.S. Society.1. How many societies, affiliated with that of which you are the Corresponding Secretary, are there in the United States? And how many members
- 118 PENNSYLVANIA has advanced to our principles just in proportion to the labor that has been bestowed, by means of lectures and publications in enlightening her population as to our objects, and the evils and dangers impending over the whole country, from so
- 119 "He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, to set at liberty them that are bruised."'"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety fro
- 120 Again:--The EDGEFIELD (S.C.) a.s.sOCIATION--"Resolved, That the practical question of slavery, in a country where the system has obtained as a part of its stated policy, is settled in the Scriptures by Jesus Christ and his apostles." "Resolved, That th
- 121 7. Resolved, That the Governor of this State be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing Report and Resolutions to the President of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.The influence of anti-slavery principle
- 122 APPENDIX A.Extract from an article addressed to the editor of the Christian Register and Observer, signed W.E.C.--attributed to the Rev.Dr. Channing."Speaking of slavery, I wish to recommend to your readers a book just from the press, ent.i.tled 'Emanc.
- 123 5. Resolutions were pa.s.sed a.s.serting the right of pet.i.tion as inalienable--condemning Mr. Patton's resolution of Dec. 21, 1837 as an invasion of the rights of the people, and calling on the Connecticut delegation in Congress to use their efforts to
- 124 "And whereas, the extension of this General Government over so large a country on the south-west, between which and that of the original states, there is little affinity, and less ident.i.ty of interest, would tend, in the opinion of this Legislature, gr
- 125 GOVERNOR CANNON'S LETTER.[This letter required so many alterations to bring it up to the ordinary standard of epistolary, grammatical, and orthographical accuracy, that it is thought best to give it in _word_ and _letter_, precisely as it was received at
- 126 PETERBORO, MARCH 21, 1839.HON. HENRY CLAY: DEAR SIR, In the Annual Meeting of the American Colonization Society, held in the Capitol in the city of Was.h.i.+ngton, December, 1835, you commented on a speech made by myself, the previous autumn. Your objecti
- 127 To argue the anti-slavery character of the Federal Const.i.tution, it is not necessary to take the high ground of some, that whatever in the Const.i.tution favors slavery is void, because opposed to the principles and general tenor of that instrument. Muc
- 128 You say of the abolitionists, _that "they are in favor of amalgamation."_ The Anti-Slavery Society is, as its name imports, a society to oppose slavery--not to "make matches." Whether abolitionists are inclined to amalgamation more than anti-abolition
- 129 You say, _that the people of the North would not think it "neighborly and friendly" if "the people of the slave states were to form societies, subsidize presses, make large pecuniary contributions, &c. to burn the beautiful capitals, destroy the produc
- 130 The Anti-Slavery Examiner.by American Anti-Slavery Society.VOL 3.AMERICAN SLAVERY AS IT IS: TESTIMONY of A THOUSAND WITNESSES."Behold the wicked abominations that they do!"--Ezekial, viii, 2."The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wic
- 131 As slaveholders and their apologists are volunteer witnesses in their own cause, and are flooding the world with testimony that their slaves are kindly treated; that they are well fed, well clothed, well housed, well lodged, moderately worked, and bountif
- 132 Once when her husband was away, she told Joe to kill and dress one of the pigs, sell it, and get her some tea, sugar, &c. Joe did as he was bid, and she gave him the offal for his services. When Galloway returned, not suspecting his wife, he asked her if
- 133 May G.o.d look upon their afflictions, and deliver them from their cruel task-masters! I verily believe he will, if there be any efficacy in prayer. I have been to their prayer meetings and with them offered prayer in their behalf. I have heard some of th
- 134 NARRATIVE AND TESTIMONY OF SARAH M. GRIMKe.Miss Grimke is a daughter of the late Judge Grimke, of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and sister of the late Hon. Thomas S. Grimke.As I left my native state on account of slavery, and deserted the home of m
- 135 I. FOOD.We begin with the _food_ of the slaves, because if they are ill treated in this respect we may be sure that they will be ill treated in other respects, and generally in a greater degree. For a man habitually to stint his dependents in their food,
- 136 As an ill.u.s.tration of the inhuman experiments sometimes tried upon slaves, in respect to the _kind_ as well as the quality and quant.i.ty of their food, we solicit the attention of the reader to the testimony of the late General Wade Hampton, of South
- 137 "They live on a coa.r.s.e, _crude, unwholesome diet_."Professor A.G. Smith, of the New York Medical College; formerly a physician in Louisville, Kentucky.I have myself known numerous instances of large families of _badly fed_ negroes swept off by a prev
- 138 In the New York State Prison, at Auburn, one pound of beef, twenty-two ounces of flour and meal, half a gill of mola.s.ses; with two quarts of rye, four quarts of salt, two quarts of vinegar, one and a half ounces of pepper, and two and a half bushels of
- 139 Philemon Bliss, Esq., a lawyer of Elyria, Ohio, who lived in Florida in 1834 and 1835."During the cotton-picking season they usually labor in the field during the whole of the daylight, and then spend a good part of the night in ginning and baling. The l
- 140 The preceding testimony of Mr. Clay, is strongly corroborated by advertis.e.m.e.nts of slaves, by Courts of Probate, and by executors administering upon the estates of deceased persons. Some of those advertis.e.m.e.nts for the sale of slaves, contain the
- 141 "They suffer them, both male and female, _to go without clothing_ at the age of ten and twelve years"Rev. Phineas Smith, Centreville, Allegany, Co., N.Y. Mr. S. has just returned from a residence of several years at the south, chiefly in Virginia, Louis
- 142 The following is an extract from the Will of the late celebrated John Randolph of Virginia."To my old and faithful servants, Ess.e.x and his wife Hetty, I give and bequeath a pair of strong shoes, a suit of clothes and a blanket each, to be paid them ann
- 143 The following testimony is furnished by SARAH M. GRIMKe, a sister of the late Hon. Thomas S. Grimke, of Charleston, South Carolina."When the Ladies' Benevolent Society in Charleston, S.C., of which I was a visiting commissioner, first went into operatio
- 144 "As to the _usual_ allowance of food on the plantations in North Alabama, I cannot speak confidently, from _personal_ knowledge. There was a slave named Hadley, who was in the habit of visiting my father's slaves occasionally. He had run away several ti
- 145 Extract of a letter, dated January 3, 1839, from John M. Nelson, Esq., of Hillsborough. Mr. Nelson removed from Virginia to Highland county, Ohio, many years since, where he is extensively known and respected.I was born and raised in Augusta county, Virgi
- 146 A mistress of my acquaintance asked her servant boy, one day, what was the reason she could not get him to do his work whilst his master was away, and said to him, "Your master works a great deal harder than you do; he is at his office all day, and often
- 147 MONSIEUR C.C. ROBIN, who resided in Louisiana from 1802 to 1806, and published a volume containing the results of his observations there, thus speaks of the condition of the slaves: "While they are at labor, the manager, the master, or the driver has com
- 148 TESTIMONY OF THE MARYVILLE (TENNESSEE) INTELLIGENCER, OF OCT. 4, 1835.The Editor, in speaking of the sufferings of the slaves which are taken by the internal trade to the South West, says: "Place yourself in imagination, for a moment, in their condition.
- 149 William Craze, jailor, Alexandria, La. in the "Planter's Intelligencer." Sept. 26, 1838."Committed to jail, a negro slave--his back is _very badly scarred."_ John A. Rowland, jailor, Lumberton, North Carolina, in the "Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer,"
- 150 The foregoing testimony is, as the reader perceives, that of the slaveholders themselves, voluntarily certifying to the outrages which their own hands have committed upon defenceless and innocent men and women, over whom they have a.s.sumed authority. We
- 151 "Without commenting upon this act of cruelty, or giving vent to my own feelings, I will simply give you a statement of the fact, as known from _personal_ observation."Dr. K. a man of wealth, and a practising physician in the county of Yazoo, state of Mi
- 152 "THOMAS LARRIMER, a deacon in the Presbyterian church at Bloomingburg, Fayette county, Ohio, and a respectable farmer, says, that in April, 1837, as he was going down the Mississippi river, about fifty miles below Natchez, he saw ahead, on the left side
- 153 "On sugar plantations generally, and on some cotton plantations, they have negro drivers, who are in such a degree responsible for their gang, that if they are at fault, the driver is whipped. The result is, the gang are constantly driven by him to the e
- 154 Mr. Lambre, in the "Natchitoches (La.) Herald," March 29, 1837."Ranaway, the negro boy Teams--he had on his neck an _iron collar."_ Mr. Ferdinand Lemos, New Orleans, in the "Bee," January 29, 1838."Ranaway, the negro George--he had on _his neck an
- 155 "The overseer told me, he was so addicted to running away, it did not do any good to whip him for it. He said he kept this gag constantly on him, and intended to do so as long as he was on the plantation: so that, if he ran away, he could not eat, and wo
- 156 12, 1837."Committed to jail a negro man, has _no toes_ on his left foot."Mr. J. Scrivener, Herring Bay, Anne Arundel Co. Maryland, in the Annapolis Republican, April 18, 1837."Ranaway negro man Elijah, has a scar on his left cheek, apparently occasione
- 157 "Ranaway William, _scar_ over his left eye, one between his eye brows, one on his breast, and his right leg has been _broken_."Mr. B.G. Simmons, in the "Southern Argus," May 30, 1837."Ranaway Mark, his left arm has been _broken_."Mr. James Artop, in
- 158 Mr. James Kimborough, Memphis, Tenn. in the "Memphis Enquirer" July 13, 1838."Ranaway, a negro boy, named Jerry--has a _scar_ on his right check two inches long, from the cut of a knife."Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Georgia, in the "Georgia Messenger"
- 159 J.B. Randall, jailor, Marietta, Cobb county, Ga., in the "Southern Recorder;" Nov. 6, 1838."Lodged in jail, a negro man named Jupiter--is very _lame in his left hip_, so that he can hardly walk--has lost a joint of the middle finger of his left hand."
- 160 27, 1837."Ranaway, d.i.c.k--has _lost the little toe_ of one of his feet."Mr. R. Faucette, Haywood, North Carolina, in the "Raleigh Register,"April 30, 1838."Escaped, my negro man Eaton--his _little finger_ of the right hand has been _broke_."Mr. G.
- 161 "Ranaway, my mulatto boy Cy, has but _one hand_, all the fingers of his right hand were _burnt off_ when young."J.A. Brown, jailer, Orangeburg, South Carolina, in the "Charleston Mercury," July 18, 1838."Was committed to jail, a negro named Bob, appe
- 162 Two years and a half since, the writer of this saw a letter, then just received by Mr. Lewis Tappan, of New York, containing a negro's ear cut off close to the head. The writer of the letter, who signed himself Thomas Oglethorpe, Montgomery, Alabama,
- 163 Publisher of the "Charleston Mercury," Aug. 31, 1838."Ranaway, Seller Saunders, _one fore tooth out_, about 22 years of age."Mr. Byrd M. Grace, in the "Macon [Ga.] Telegraph," Oct. 16, 1383."Ranaway, Warren, about 25 or
- 164 Mr. HENRY H. LOOMIS, a member of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in the city of New York, says, in a recent letter-- "The Rev. Mr. Hart, recently my pastor, in Otsego county, New York, and who has spent some time at the south as a teacher, stat
- 165 MR. EZEKIEL BIRDSEYE, a highly respected citizen of Cornwall, Litchfield co., Connecticut, who resided for many years at the south, furnished to the Rev. E. R. Tyler, editor of the Connecticut Observer, the following personal testimony."While I lived
- 166 "A Presbyterian preacher, now resident in a slave state, and therefore it is not expedient to give his name, stated, that he saw on board of a steamboat at Louisville, Kentucky, a woman who had been forced on board, to be carried off from all she cou
- 167 "While traveling in Anson county, North Carolina, I put up for a night at a private house. The man of the house was not at home when I stopped, but came in the course of the evening, and was noisy and profane, and nearly drunk. I retired to rest, but
- 168 "When in Jefferson county I boarded six weeks in Fayette, the county town, with a tavern keeper named James Truly. He had a slave named Lucy, who occupied the station of chamber maid and table waiter. One day, just after dinner Mrs. Truly took Lucy a
- 169 C. "Well, that is a fair task. n.i.g.g.e.rs do a heap better if they are drove pretty tight."H. "O yes, I have driven mine into complete subordination. When I first bought them they were discontented and wished me to sell them, but I soon w
- 170 "At length I arrived at the dwelling of a planter of my acquaintance, with whom I pa.s.sed the night. At about eight o'clock in the evening I heard the barking of several dogs, mingled with the most agonizing cries that I ever heard from any hum
- 171 Mr. RICE, of Kentucky in his speech in the Convention that formed the Const.i.tution of that state, in 1790, says: "He [the slave] is a rational creature, reduced by the power of legislation to the _state of a brute_, and thereby deprived of every pr
- 172 "Those only who have the management of servants, know what the _hardening effect_ of it is upon _their own feelings towards them._ There is no necessity to dwell on this point, as all _owners_ and _managers_ fully understand it. He who commences to m
- 173 [Footnote 21: The law of which the following is an extract, exists in South Carolina. "If any slave shall suffer in life, limb or member, when no white person shall be present, or being present, shall refuse to give evidence, the owner or other perso
- 174 "On one occasion I was crossing the plantation and approaching the house of a friend, when I met him, _rifle in hand_, in pursuit of one of his negroes, declaring he would shoot him in a moment if he got his eye upon him. It appeared that the slave h
- 175 The objector has forgotten his first lessons; they taught him that it is human nature to gratify the _uppermost_ pa.s.sion: and is _prudence_ the uppermost pa.s.sion with slaveholders, and self-restraint their great characteristic? The strongest feeling o
- 176 4th. _Runaways._--Of the proportion of the slaves that run away, to those that do not, and of the proportion of the runaways that are _taken_ to those that escape entirely, it would be difficult to make a probable estimate. Something, however, can be done
- 177 "WILL be offered for hire, for the ensuing year, at Capt. Long's Hotel, a number of SLAVES. MOSES R. RICHARDS.""WILL be offered for hire, the slaves belonging to the estate of James Bowen, deceased, consisting of men, and women, boys a
- 178 "A New York paper, of November, 1829, contains the following caution._"Beware of Kidnappers!_--It is well understood, that there is at present in this city, a gang of kidnappers, busily engaged in their vocation, of stealing colored children for
- 179 Reader, this diabolical law is the 'public opinion' of Georgia and South Carolina toward the slaves. This is the vaunted 'protection'afforded them by their 'high-souled chivalry.' To show that the 'public opinion' o
- 180 "TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. Ranaway from the subscriber, a negro woman and two children; the woman is tall and black, and _a few days before she went off_, I BURNT HER WITH A HOT IRON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE; I TRIED TO MAKE THE LETTER M, _and she k
- 181 The late JOHN PARRISH, of Philadelphia, an eminent minister of the religious society of Friends, who traveled through the slave states about _thirty-five years_ since, on a religious mission, published on his return a pamphlet of forty pages, ent.i.tled &
- 182 The 'New Orleans Post,' of June 7, 1836, publishes the following; "We understand, that a negro man was lately condemned, by the mob, to be BURNED OVER A SLOW FIRE, which was put into execution at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, for murdering a bla
- 183 The 'St. Francisville (La.) Chronicle,' of Feb. 1, 1839. Gives the following account of a 'negro hunt,' in that Parish."Two or three days since a gentleman of this parish, in _hunting runaway negroes_, came upon a camp of them in
- 184 From the "Grand Gulf (Miss.) Advertiser," Dec. 7, 1838."COMMITTED to the jail of Chickasaw Co. Edmund, Martha, John and Louisa; the man 50, the woman 35, John 3 years old, and Louisa 14 months. They say they are FREE and were decoyed to thi
- 185 From the "Savannah Georgian," Jan. 17, 1839. "$100 reward will be given for my two fellows, Abram and Frank. Abram has a _wife_ at Colonel Stewart's, in Liberty county, and a _sister_ in Savannah, at Capt. Grovenstine's. Frank has
- 186 From the "Richmond (Va.) Whig," Dec. 7, 1739."Ranaway from the subscriber, a negro man, named John Lewis. It is supposed that he is lurking about in New Kent county, where he professes to have a _wife_. HILL JONES, Agent for R.F. & P. Railr
- 187 "The lot now on hand consists of plough boys several likely and well-qualified house servants of both s.e.xes, several _women with children, small girls_ suitable for nurses, and several SMALL BOYS WITHOUT THEIR MOTHERS. Planters and traders are earn
- 188 "50 _Negroes wanted immediately_.--The subscriber will give a good market price for fifty likely negroes, _from 10 to 30 years of age_.HENRY DAVIS."The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman, a native and still a resident of one of
- 189 From the "Charleston Courier," Nov. 28."Ranaway from the subscriber, about twelve months since, his negro man Paulladore. His complexion is dark--about 50 years old. I understand Gen. R.Y. Hayne has purchased his wife and children from H.L.
- 190 June 16, 1838."Now, who is this A. Watson, who proclaims through a newspaper, his determination to _put to the torture_ this youth of eighteen, and to Lynch to his 'satisfaction' whoever has given a cup of cold water to the panting fugitive
- 191 "In 1815, near Frederick, in Maryland, a most barbarous planter was killed in a fit of desperation, by four of his slaves _in self-defence_. It was declared by those slaves while in prison that, besides his atrocities among their female a.s.sociates,
- 192 "From all the information we can obtain, we have no hesitation in saying that upwards of six thousand [slaves] are yearly exported [from Virginia] to other states.' Again, p. 61: 'The 6000 slaves which Virginia annually sends off to the sou
- 193 The last three fights all occurred, if we mistake not, in the short s.p.a.ce of one month. The fisticuffs between Messrs. Bynum and Wise occurred at the previous session of Congress. At the same session Messrs. Peyton of Tenn. and Wise of Virginia, went a
- 194 ARKANSAS.At the last session of the legislature of that state, Col. John Wilson, President of the Bank at Little Rock, the capital of the state, was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. He had been elected to that office for a number of years
- 195 "We hear of homicides in different parts of the state _continually_, and yet how few convictions for murder, and still fewer executions?How is this to be accounted for? In regard to 'a.s.sault and battery with intent to commit murder,' why
- 196 MISSISSIPPI.Mississippi became one of the United States in 1817. Its present white population is about one hundred and sixty thousand.The following extracts will serve to show that those who combine together to beat, rob, and manacle innocent men, women a
- 197 From the "Columbus (Ga.) Sentinel," Nov. 22, 1838."_Butchery_.--A Bowie knife slaughter took place a few days since in Honesville, Miss. A Mr. Hobbs was the victim; Strother the butcher."The "Vicksburg Sentinel," Sept. 28, 18
- 198 Nicolet, blew out his brains. Yesterday, the unfortunate George Clement destroyed himself in his cell; and in addition to this dreadful catalogue we have to add that of the death of two, brothers, who destroyed themselves through grief at the death of the
- 199 The "West Tennessean," Aug. 4, 1837, says-- "A duel was fought at Calhoun, Tenn., between G.W. Carter and J.C.Sherley. They used yaugers at the distance of 20 yards. The former was slightly wounded, and the latter quite dangerously."Ju
- 200 MOUNT STERLING, Ky. July 20, 1837."Gentlemen:--A most unfortunate and fatal occurrence transpired in our town last evening, about 6 o'clock. Some of the most prominent friends of Judge French had a meeting yesterday at Col. Young's, near th