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The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus.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 rig
- 164 Benjamin Russel, Deputy sheriff Bibb Co. Ga. "Macon (Ga.) Telegraph," Dec. 25, 1837. "Brought to jail John, 23 years old, _one fore tooth out_." F. Wisner, Master of the Work House, "Charleston (S.C.) Courier." Oct. 17, 1837. "Committed to the Char
- 163 Mr. Marshall Jett, Farrowsville, Fauquier Co. Virginia, in the "National Intelligencer," May 30, 1837."Ranaway, negro man Ephraim, has a _mark_ over one of his eyes, occasioned by a _blow_."S.B. Turton, jailer Adams Co. Miss. in the "Natches Courier,
- 162 Mr. James Marks, near Natchitoches, La. in the "Natchitoches Herald,"July 21, 1838."Stolen, a negro man named Winter--has a _notch_ cut out of the left ear, and the mark of _four or five buck shot_ on his legs."Mr. James Barr, Amelia Court House, Virg
- 161 "Ranaway, a negro named David Drier--has _two toes cut_."Mr. William Brown, in the "Grand Gulf Advertiser," August 29, 1838."Ranaway, Edmund--has a _scar_ on his right temple, and under his right eye, and _holes in both ears_."Mr. James McDonnell, T
- 160 Mr. R.A. Greene, Milledgeville, Georgia, in the "Macon Messenger" July 27, 1837."Two hundred and fifty dollars reward, for my negro man Jim--he is much marked with _shot_ in his right thigh,--the shot entered on the outside, half way between the hip an
- 159 Mr. W. Riley, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, in the "Columbia [S.C.] Telescope," Nov. 11, 1837."Ranaway a negro man, has a _scar_ on the ankle produced by a _burn_, and a _mark on his arm_ resembling the letter S."Mr. Samuel Mason, Warren Co, Mi
- 158 Mr. J. Bishop, Bishopville, Sumpter District, South Carolina, in the "Camden [S.C.] Journal," March 4, 1837."Ranaway a negro named Arthur, has a considerable _scar_ across his _breast and each arm_, made by a knife; loves to talk much of the goodness o
- 157 The Western Luminary, a religious paper published at Lexington, Kentucky, in an editorial article, in the summer of 1833, says: "A few weeks since we gave an account of a company of men, women and children, part of whom were manacled, pa.s.sing through o
- 156 "Ranaway, a negro boy named James--said boy was _ironed_ when he left me."Mr. William L. Lambeth, Lynchburg, Virginia, in the "Moulton [Ala.]Whig," January 30, 1836."Ranaway, Jim--had on when he escaped a pair of _chain handcuffs."_ Mr. D.F. Guex, S
- 155 Mr. Hazlet Loflano, in the "Spectator," Staunton, Virginia, Sept. 27, 1838."Ranaway, a negro named David--with some _iron hobbles around each ankle."_ Mr. T. Enggy, New Orleans, Gallatin street, between Hospital and Barracks, N.O. "Bee," Oct. 27, 18
- 154 "On the night of the great meteoric shower, in Nov. 1833. I was at Remley's tavern, 12 miles west of Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., Virginia.A drove of 50 or 60 negroes stopped at the same place that night.They usually 'camp out,' but as it was excessivel
- 153 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GERRIT SMITH, Esq., of Peterboro'. N.Y.Peterboro', December 1, 1838._To the Editor of the Union Herald_: "My dear Sir:--You will be happy to hear, that the two fugitive slaves, to whom in the brotherly love of your heart, you g
- 152 "I have seen them cruelly whipped. I will relate one instance. One Sabbath morning, before I got out of my bed, I heard an outcry, and got up and went to the window, when I saw some six or eight boys, from eight to twelve years of age, near a rack (made
- 151 W.H. Bra.s.seale, sheriff; Blount county, Ala., in the "Huntsville Democrat," June 9, 1838."Committed to jail, a negro slave named James--_much scarred_ with a whip on his back."Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga., in the "Georgia Messenger," July 27, 18
- 150 MR. ASA A. STONE, a theological student, who lived near Natchez, (Mi.,) in 1834 and 5, sent the following with other testimony, to be published under his own name, in the N.Y. Evangelist, while he was still residing there."Floggings for all offences, inc
- 149 These b.l.o.o.d.y scenes are _constantly exhibiting in every slave holding country--thousands of whips are every day stained in African blood_!Even the poor _females_ are not permitted to escape these shocking cruelties."--_Rankin's Letters._ These lett
- 148 In a letter written by him in Georgia, and addressed to the slaveholders of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, in 1739.--See Benezet's "Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies.""As I lately pa.s.sed through your provinces on m
- 147 I think it important to premise, that I have seen almost nothing of slavery on _plantations_. My testimony will have respect exclusively to the treatment of "_house-servants_," and chiefly those belonging to the first families in the city of Charleston,
- 146 Then a large log chain was fastened around one ankle, pa.s.sed up his back, over his shoulders, then across his breast, and fastened under his arm. In this condition he was forced to perform his daily task.Add to this he was chained each night, and compel
- 145 them themselves, and their mode of practice in almost all cases is to bleed and give salts. When women are confined they have no physician, but are committed to the care of slave midwives. Slaves complain very little when sick, when they die they are freq
- 144 "The dwellings of the slaves were palmetto huts, built by themselves of stakes and poles, thatched with the palmetto leaf. The door, when they had any, was generally of the same materials, sometimes boards found on the beach. They had _no floors_, no sep
- 143 Mr. Lemuel Sapington, of Lancaster, Pa., a native of Maryland, and formerly a slaveholder."Their clothing is often made by themselves after night, though sometimes a.s.sisted by the old women, who are no longer able to do out-door work; consequently it i
- 142 "Beside the common inducement, the desire of gain, to make a large crop, the desire is increased by that spirit of gambling, so common at the south. It is very common to _bet_ on the issue of a crop. A.lays a wager that, from a given number of hands, he
- 141 "_From dawn till dark_, the slaves are required to bend to their work."Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, Waterford, Conn., a resident in North Carolina eleven winters."The slaves are obliged to work _from daylight till dark_, as long as they can see."Mr. Eleazar
- 140 Notwithstanding the preceding daily ration in the Buxton Prison is about double the usual daily allowance of our slaves, yet the visiting physicians decided, that for those prisoners who were required to work the tread-mill, it was _entirely sufficient_.
- 139 Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, Waterford, Conn., who spent eleven winters in North Carolina."The _breakfast_ of the slaves was generally about _ten or eleven_ o'clock."Rev. Phineas Smith, Centreville, N.Y., who has lived at the south some years."The slaves ha
- 138 W.C. Gildersleeve, Esq., a native of Georgia, and Elder in the Presbyterian Church, Wilksbarre, Penn."The weekly allowance to grown slaves on this plantation, where I was best acquainted, was _one peck of corn_."Wm. Ladd, of Minot, Maine, formerly a sla
- 137 Rev. John Rankin, of Ripley, Ohio, a native of Tennessee, and for same years a preacher in slave states."Thousands of the slaves are pressed with the gnawings of cruel hunger during their whole lives."Report of the Gradual Emanc.i.p.ation Society, of No
- 136 A beloved friend in South Carolina, the wife of a slaveholder, with whom I often mingled my tears, when helpless and hopeless we deplored together the horrors of slavery, related to me some years since the following circ.u.mstance.On the plantation adjoin
- 135 Yours of Feb. 2d, requesting me to write out a few facts on the subject of slavery, as it exists at the south, has come to hand. I hasten to comply with your request. Were it not, however, for the claims of those "who are drawn unto death," and the resp
- 134 I will relate one circ.u.mstance, which shows the little regard that is paid to the feelings of the slave. During the time that Mr. Isaiah Rogers was superintending the building of a rice machine, one of the slaves complained of a severe toothache. Swan a
- 133 PERSONAL NARRATIVES.MR. NEHEMIAH CAULKINS, of Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, has furnished the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the following statements relative to the condition and treatment of slaves, in the south
- 132 TESTIMONY OF JOS. IDE. Mrs. T.a Presbyterian kind woman-killer; Female slave whipped to death; Food; Nakedness of slaves; Old man flogged after praying for his tyrant; Slave-huts not as comfortable as pig-sties.TESTIMONY OF REV. PHINEAS SMITH.Texas; Suit
- 131 This periodical contains 7 sheets--postage, under 100 miles, 10-1/2 cts; over 100 miles, 17-1/2 cents.ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT TO THE READER. A majority of the facts and testimony contained in this work rests upon the authority of slaveholders, whose names and r
- 130 The last of your charges against the abolitionists, which I shall examine, is the following: _Having begun "their operations by professing to employ only persuasive means," they "have ceased to employ the instruments of reason and persuasion," and "t
- 129 A Report of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, made five years ago, says: "Who could credit it, that in these years of revival and benevolent effort--that, in this Christian Republic, there are over two millions of human beings in the condition of
- 128 It is common to regard the nation as const.i.tuting one of the parties--Virginia and Maryland another, and the only other. But in point of fact, there is a third party. Of what does it consist? Of horses, oxen, and other brutes? Then we need not be greatl
- 127 NO. 9.THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER.LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH, TO HON. HENRY CLAY.NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, NO. 143 Na.s.sAU STREET.----- 1839.This No. contains 3-1/2 sheets.--Postage, under 100 miles, 6 cts. over 100, 10 cts._Ple
- 126 APPENDIX H.[On the 1st of December, one of the secretaries of the American Anti-Slavery Society addressed a note to each of the Governors of the slave states, in which he informed them, in courteous and respectful terms, that he had directed the Publis.h.
- 125 Resolved, That, although we are fully aware of the consequences which must follow the accomplishment of such a project, could it be accomplished--aware that it would lead speedily to the conquest and annexation of Mexico itself, and its fourteen remaining
- 124 3. Congress has no power to abridge the right of pet.i.tion. The right of the people of the non-slaveholding states to pet.i.tion Congress for the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade in the District of Columbia, and the traffic of human beings among
- 123 SIR,--I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, in which you again refer to the publication of the Correspondence between us, in relation to the measures and designs of the abolitionists. I would have certainly answered yours of
- 122 [Footnote A: Senator Preston's Railroad Speech, delivered at Colombia, S.C., in 1836.]Thus much for the menace, that the "UNION WILL BE DISSOLVED" unless the discussion of the slavery question be stopped.But you may reply, "Do you think the South is n
- 121 [Footnote A: It may be replied, The colored people were held as _property_ by the laws of Louisiana previously to the cession, and that Congress had no right to divest the newly acquired citizens of their property. This statement is evasive. It does not i
- 120 Our publications cannot be cla.s.sed according to any particular style or quality of composition. They may characterized generally, as well suited to affect the public mind--to rouse into healthful activity the conscience of this nation, stupified, torpid
- 119 ANSWER.--Strenuous efforts have been made, and they are still being made, by those who have the direction of most of the literary and theological inst.i.tutions in the free states, to bar out our principles and doctrines, and prevent the formation of soci
- 118 REMARKS IN EXPLANATION.ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, _New York, May 24, 1838_.In January, a tract ent.i.tled "WHY WORK FOR THE SLAVE?" was issued from this office by the agent for the _Cent-a-week Societies_. A copy of it was transmitted to the Hon. John C. Calh
- 117 2. Is the slaveholding, which, according to the Princeton professor, Christianity justifies, the same as that which the abolitionists so earnestly wish to see abolished? Let us see._Christianity in supporting _The American system for Slavery, according to
- 116 The Princeton professor himself, in the very paper which the South has so warmly welcomed and so loudly applauded as a scriptural defense of "the peculiar inst.i.tution," maintains, that the "GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL _have_ DESTROYED SLAVERY _t
- 115 [Footnote B: "Why should I care?"]Who ever heard of the voluntary return of a fugitive from American oppression? Do you think that the doctor and his friends could persuade one to carry a letter to the patriarch from whom he had escaped? And must we bel
- 114 1. That we have here a _test of universal application._ The rect.i.tude and benevolence of our Savior's character forbid us to suppose that he would subject this inquirer, especially as he was highly amiable, to a trial, where eternal life was at stake,
- 113 "SO THAT YE ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE."Among the lessons of instruction which our Savior imparted, having a general bearing on the subject of slavery, that in which he sets up the _true standard of greatness_, deserves particular attention. In repressing the a
- 112 Luminaries themselves, it is their office to enlighten. To their authority, in every department of thought, the sane mind bows promptly, gratefully, fully. And by their authority, he explains, proves, and disposes of whatever engages his attention and eng
- 111 [Footnote A: Notes on Virginia]"YE HAVE DESPISED THE POOR."It is no man of straw, with whom in making out such proof we are called to contend. Would to G.o.d we had no other antagonist! Would to G.o.d that our labor of love could be regarded as a work o
- 110 TRINIDAD,--The Standard says: "The state of the cultivation at present is said to be as far advanced as could have been antic.i.p.ated under the new circ.u.mstances in which the Island stands. The weather throughout the month has been more than usually f
- 109 Grand Total 3490 Total compromised, admonished and dismissed from 1st to 31st August 105 Ditto from the 1st to 30th September 113 Ditto from 1st to 15th October 38 Total 256 Deficiency in compromised cases in 1837 comparatively with those of 1838 158 Gran
- 108 Sir LIONEL--Who is the magistrate!Dr. RAPKY--Mr. Fishbourne.Sir LIONEL--I am afraid I cannot please you. The question of possession of lands and houses has for the present been settled by the opinion of the Attorney-General, but it is still an undetermine
- 107 1838: August 29.To house and ground, rent at 5s. per week, from 1st August to date 4_l._ 0 0 [A]Alliac Davis, ground rent at 10d. per week 3 0 [A]William Davis; ditto ditto 0 3 4 ------------- 4_l._ 6 4 ------------- Thos. Tats, Esq. is Attorney, and Mr.
- 106 Savannah-la-Mar, Sept. 8, 1838.MY DEAR SIR,--You are probably aware that the following question has been submitted by the Governor to the Attorney-General for his opinion: (copy.) (No. 844.) King' House, Aug. 27, 1838.SIR,--I am desired by the Governor t
- 105 Say Messrs. Thome and Kimball--"_By a general understanding among the planters_, the rate is at present fixed at a _s.h.i.+lling_ per day, or a little more than fifty cents per week, counting five working days." This Antigua scale, and not the one they
- 104 From the Cornwall Chronicle of Aug. 4.Nothing could give a fairer and fuller confidence in the character of the negroes than their conduct on so joyous and trying an occasion, as what they have exhibited during the brief period of their political regenera
- 103 Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the a.s.sembly,_ In this posture of affairs, it is my duty to declare my sentiments, and distinctly to _recommend to you the early and equal abolition of the apprentices.h.i.+p for all cla.s.ses._ I do so in confidence that th
- 102 These facts come down upon the question of the safety of an _immediate_ emanc.i.p.ation with an _a fortiori_, a _much more then_. For it is admitted on all hands that the apprentices.h.i.+p had "alienated the affections of the people;" they were in a st
- 101 Wesleyan Chapel, Antigua." " New, "." Missionary Society.Wesleyans in Antigua." in Barbadoes." in Jamaica.Whip banished.Whipping Post.White lady.Wilberforce, opinion of.Wickham, Richard S.Willis, George, Esq.Willoughby Bay Examination.Wolmer Free Sc
- 100 Religious condition of slaves in Antigua. Religious instruction desired. Report of a Special Magistrate. Resolution in regard to Messrs. Thome and Kimball. Resolutions of Wesleyan Missionaries. Respect for the aged. Results in Antigua. Revengefulness. Rid
- 99 Lears Estate. Legislature of Antigua. Letter to a Special Magistrate. License to marry. Licentiousness. Lighthouse. Lock-up house at St. Johns. Lyon, E.B., Esq. Lyons Estate. Machinery, Labor-saving. Managers, Testimony of. Manchioneal. Market in St. John
- 98 Expense of free compared with slave labor. Expense of Apprentices.h.i.+p compared with slavery. Explanation of terms. Exports of Jamaica for 53 years. Fair of St. Johns. Favey, Mr. Feeding in Barbadoes. Feeling, intense, of the negroes. Females in the fie
- 97 ABSCONDING from labor, Accident in a boiling house, Aged negro, Allowance to Apprentices, "Amalgamation,"American Consul, (_See Consul_.) American Prejudice, Amity Hall Estate, Anderson, Wm. II. Esq., Anguilla, Annual Meeting of Missionaries, Antigua, D
- 96 1833 649 462 65 1834 549 728 24 1835 569 1047 43 1836 1013 1345 104 RETURN OF EXPORTS--SUGAR.hhds. trcs. bbls.1832 18,804 1278 838 1833 27,015 1505 651 1834 27,593 1464 1083 1835 24,309 1417 938 1836 25,060 1796 804 VALUATIONS OF APPRENTICES IN JAMAICA."
- 95 We have in our possession a number of official doc.u.ments from gentlemen, officers of the government, and variously connected with its administration, in the different islands which we visited: some of these--such as could not be conveniently incorporate
- 94 The following fact will ill.u.s.trate the injustice of the magistrates. It was stated in writing by a missionary. We conceal all names, in compliance with the request of the writer. "An apprentice belonging to ---- in the ---- was sent to the treadmill b
- 93 Hill had given. He was even stronger than Mr. H. in his expressions of disapprobation of the apprentices.h.i.+p.The day which we spent with Mr. Hill was one of those on which he holds a special justice's court. There were only three cases of complaint br
- 92 We met a brown young woman driving an a.s.s laden with a great variety of articles. She said she had been to Kingston (fifteen miles off) with a load of provisions, and had purchased some things to sell to the apprentices. We asked her what she did with h
- 91 G., _there was great rejoicing_ among the book-keepers in August 1834!_The abolition of slavery was_ EMANc.i.p.aTION TO THE BOOK-KEEPERS.[Footnote A: The book-keepers are subordinate overseers and drivers; they are generally young white men, who after ser
- 90 About two weeks before, the apprentices on Thornton estate, amounting to about ninety, had refused to work, and fled in a body to the woods, where they still remained. Their complaint, according to our informant, was, that their master had turned the catt
- 89 The secretary of the special magistrate department, Richard Hill, Esq., is a colored gentleman, and is one of the first men in the island,[A]for integrity, independence, superior abilities, and extensive acquirements. It has seldom been our happiness to m
- 88 "4. I think the negroes might have been emanc.i.p.ated as safely in 1834, as in 1840; and had the emanc.i.p.ation then taken place, they would be found much further in advance in 1840, than they can be after the expiration of the present period of appren
- 87 5. The master is obliged to sell the remainder of the apprentice's term, whenever the apprentice signifies a wish to buy it. If the parties cannot agree about the price, the special magistrate, in connection with two local magistrates, appraises the latt
- 86 It was common for the planters of Barbadoes, like those of Antigua, to declare that the greatest blessing of abolition to them, was that it relieved them from the disagreeable work of flogging the negroes. We had the unsolicited testimony of a planter, th
- 85 CHAPTER III.COLORED POPULATION.The colored, or as they were termed previous to abolition, by way of distinction, the free colored population, amount in Barbadoes to nearly thirty thousand. They are composed chiefly of the mixed race, whose paternal connec
- 84 14. Are the apprentices disposed to purchase their freedom? How have those conducted themselves who have purchased it?The apprentices are inclined to purchase their discharge, particularly when misunderstandings occur with their masters. When they obtain
- 83 The man was sentence to imprisonment.III. The third complaint was against a woman for singing and making a disturbance in the field. Sentenced to six days' solitary confinement.IV. An apprentice was brought up for not doing his work well. He was a mason,
- 82 CHAPTER II.TESTIMONY OF SPECIAL MAGISTRATES, POLICE OFFICERS, CLERGYMEN, AND MISSIONARIES.Next in weight to the testimony of the planters is that of the special magistrates. Being officially connected with the administration of the apprentices.h.i.+p syst
- 81 MARTIS MENSE 1769"From the "Crane," which is the name given to that section of the country in which the "Horse" is situated, we bent our way in a southerly direction to the Ridge estate, which was about eight miles distant, where we had engaged to di
- 80 Soon after supper, Miss E., one of Mr. C.'s daughters, retired for the purpose of teaching a cla.s.s of colored children which came to her on Wednesday and Sat.u.r.day nights. A sister of Miss E. has a cla.s.s on the same days at noon.During the evening
- 79 During the day we gathered the following information:-- Mr. C. had been a planter for thirty-six years. He has had charge of the estate on which he now resides ten years. He is the attorney for two other large estates a few miles from this, and has under
- 78 "Prejudice against color is fast disappearing. The colored people have themselves contributed to prolong this feeling, _by keeping aloof from the society of the whites_."--_James Howell, of T. Jarvis's_.How utterly at variance is this with the commonly
- 77 "We all resisted violently the measure of abolition, when it first began to be agitated in England. We regarded it as an outrageous interference with our rights, with our property. But we are now rejoiced that slavery is abolished."--_Dr. Daniell_."I h
- 76 It is by no means strange that the negroes should feel little grat.i.tude toward their late masters, since they knew their opposition to the benevolent intentions of the English government. We were informed by Dr.Daniell and many others, that for several
- 75 Not one species of crime which can be considered of an heinous nature, has yet been discovered; and I proudly venture to declare my opinion, that in no part of his Majesty's dominions, has a population of thirty thousand conducted themselves with more st
- 74 A return of crimes reported during the month of January, I beg leave to enclose, and at the same time, to congratulate your Honor on the vast diminution of all minor misdemeanors, and of the continued total absence of capital offences."_Superintendent's
- 73 By the kind invitation of Mr. Bourne, we accompanied him once on a morning circuit around his estate. After riding some distance, we came to the 'great gang' cutting canes. Mr. B. saluted the people in a friendly manner, and they all responded with a he
- 72 That emanc.i.p.ation should be universally regarded as a blessing, is remarkable, when we consider that combination of untoward circ.u.mstances which it has been called to encounter--a combination wholly unprecedented in the history of the island. In 1835
- 71 "Previous to emanc.i.p.ation, many persons apprehended violence and bloodshed as the consequence of turning the slaves all loose. But when emanc.i.p.ation took place, all these apprehensions vanished. The sense of personal security is universal. We know
- 70 In the rein of Charles II., Antigua was conquered by the French, and the inhabitants were forced to swear allegiance to the French government. In a very short time the French were driven off the island and the English again took possession of it. It was t
- 69 We're all brothers, sisters, brothers, We're sisters and brothers, And heaven is our home.The G.o.d of heaven is pleased to see That little children all agree; And will not slight the praise they bring, When loving children join to sing: We're all brot
- 68 After singing a hymn they all kneeled down, and the school closed with a prayer and benediction. They continued singing as they retired from the house, and long after they had parted on their different ways home, their voices swelled on the breeze at a di
- 67 "Another question of considerable delicacy and importance still remains to be discussed. Is it advisable, under all the circ.u.mstances of the case, to circulate the Holy Scriptures, without note of comment, among the slave population of these islands? Y
- 66 1. That the emanc.i.p.ation of the slaves of the West Indies, while it was an act of undoubted justice to that oppressed people, has operated most favorably in furthering the triumphs of the gospel, by removing one prolific source of unmerited suspicion o
- 65 We called at the estate of Mr. J. Scotland, Jr., barrister, and member of the a.s.sembly. We expected to meet with the proprietor, but the manager informed us that pressing business at court had called him to St. John's on the preceding day. The testimon