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History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.by George W. Williams.VOLUME I.1619 TO 1800.PREFACE.I was requested to deliver an oration on the Fourth of July, 1876, at Avondale, O. It being the one-hundredth birthday of the American Republic, I d
- 1 History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.by George W. Williams.VOLUME I.1619 TO 1800.PREFACE.I was requested to deliver an oration on the Fourth of July, 1876, at Avondale, O. It being the one-hundredth birthday of the American Republic, I d
- 2 CHAPTER XVI.THE COLONY OF MARYLAND.1634-1775.Maryland under the Laws of Virginia until 1630.--First Legislation on the Slavery Question in 1637-38--Slavery established by Statute in 1663--The Discussion of Slavery.--An Act pa.s.sed encouraging the Importa
- 3 MILITARY EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES.1775-1780.The Colonial States in 1715.--Ratification of the Non-Importation Act by the Southern Colonies.--George Was.h.i.+ngton presents Resolutions against Slavery, in a Meeting at Fairfax Court-House, Va.--Letter written
- 4 In the Gospel of Luke we read this remarkable historical statement: "And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus."[10] By referring to
- 5 There seems to be a great deal of ignorance and confusion in the use of the word "Negro;"[27] and about as much trouble attends the proper cla.s.sification of the inhabitants of Africa. In the preceding chapter we endeavored to prove, not that Ham and C
- 6 [33] Strabo, vol. I. p. 60.[34] It is not wise, to say the least, for intelligent Negroes in America to seek to drop the word "Negro." It is a good, strong, and healthy word, and ought to live. It should be covered with glory: let Negroes do it.[35] Jou
- 7 CHAPTER IV.NEGRO KINGDOMS OF AFRICA.BENIN: ITS LOCATION.--ITS DISCOVERY BY THE PORTUGUESE.--INTRODUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION.--THE KING AS A MISSIONARY,--HIS FIDELITY TO THE CHURCH PURCHASED BY WHITE WIFE.--DECLINE OF RELIGION.--INTRODUCTION OF SLAVE
- 8 Asim was a province tributary to the Ashantee empire. Two of the chiefs of Asim became insubordinate, gave offence to the king, and then fled into the country of the Fantis, one of the most numerous and powerful tribes on the Gold Coast. The Fantis promis
- 9 But the Negro is not beyond the influences of civilization and Christianization. Hundreds of thousands have perished in the cruel swamps of Africa; hundreds of thousands have been devoured by wild beasts of the forests; hundreds of thousands have perished
- 10 "It is remarkable that the power of resistance under calamity, or, as some would say, adaptation for a life of servitude, is peculiar only to certain tribes on the continent of Africa. Climate cannot be made to account for the fact that many would pine i
- 11 [82] Uncivilized Races of Men, vol. i. p. 94.[83] Through the Dark Continent, vol. i. p. 344 _sq._; also vol. ii.pp. 87, 88.[84] Livingstone's Zambesi, pp. 613-617.[85] Uncivilized Races of Men, vol. i. p. 146.[86] Ashango Land, pp 290, 291.[87] Uncivili
- 12 "'Can a man contend with G.o.d? Who fears death? Let us die undisturbed, and be at rest forever,' they answered."Brave, faithful, loyal souls! They were, poor fellows, surrendering themselves to the benumbing influences of a listlessness and fatal ind
- 13 A WAR SONG."I go in front. I fear not death. I am not afraid. If I die, I will take my blood to bathe my head."The man who fears nothing marches always in front, and is never hit by the murderous ball. The coward hides himself behind a bush, and is kill
- 14 "_Matta-b.i.+.c.ho_ is a bunda compound meaning _kill-worm_; the natives supposing that their entrails are tormented by a small worm, which it is necessary to kill with raw spirits.From the frequency of their demand, it would seem to be the worm that eve
- 15 IMPORTS The same trade-returns show that the imports of African produce from the West Coast into Great Britain have been as follows. The "official value" is given before 1856, after that date the "computed real value"is given.Official value, 1851-55 .
- 16 The servants of Christ saw, at the earliest moment of the conception to build a black government in Africa, that the banner of the cross must wave over the new colony, if good were to be expected. The Methodist Church, with characteristic zeal and aggress
- 17 [111] Edward W. Blyden, L.L.D., president of Liberia College, a West Indian, is a scholar of marvellous erudition, a writer of rare abilities, a subtle reasoner, a preacher of charming graces, and one of the foremost Negroes of the world. He is himself th
- 18 The Negro of this country can turn to his Saxon brothers and say, as Joseph said to his brethren who wickedly sold him, "As for you, ye meant it unto evil but G.o.d meant it unto good; that we, after learning your arts and sciences, might return to Egypt
- 19 in the colony, and a great hinderance to "the importation of slaves, and thereby lessens the fund arising upon the duties upon slaves."[176] The reduction was made in May, 1760; and, under additional pressure, the additional duty on imported slaves to b
- 20 [153] Hening, vol. i. p. 396. [154] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 283. [155] Campbell, p. 160; also Bacons Rebellion. [156] Hening, vol. ii. pp. 490, 491. [157] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 260; see, also, vol. iii. p. 460. [158] Ibid., vol. iii. p. 333. [159] Hening, vol. ii
- 21 [203] Ibid., vol. iv. pp. 133, 134.[204] Ibid., vol. iv, p. 133.[205] Ibid., vol. vii. p. 95; and vol. vi. p. 533.[206] Ibid., vol. iv. p. 131.[207] Ibid., vol. iii. p. 87.[208] Campbell, p. 529.[209] Burk, vol. ii. Appendix, p. xiii.[210] Foot's Sketche
- 22 A misguided zeal and an inordinate desire of conquest had led the Legislature to appropriate ten thousand pounds sterling toward an expedition to effect the conquest of Canada. Acadia had just fallen into the hands of Gov. Francis Nicholson without firing
- 23 On the 19th of June the lieutenant-governor issued a proclamation of freedom to all who would "confess and discover" before the 1st of July. Several Indians were in the prison, charged with conspiracy. The confessions and discoveries were numerous. Ever
- 24 [222] Hildreth, vol. i. p. 441; also Hol. Doc., III. p. 351.[223] Annals of Albany, vol. ii. pp. 55-60.[224] O'Callaghan, p. 353. N.Y. Col. Docs., vol. ii, pp. 368, 369.[225] Brodhead, vol. i. p. 697.[226] Brodhead, vol. i. p. 746.[227] Ibid., vol. i. p.
- 25 "Mr. Pierce, in the Salem s.h.i.+p, the Desire, returned from the West Indies after seven months. He had been at Providence, and brought some cotton, and tobacco, and negroes, &c., from thence, and salt from Tertugos.... Dry fish and strong liquors are t
- 26 Slavery grew. There was no legal obstacle in its way. It had the sanction of the law, as we have already shown, and what was better still, the sympathy of public sentiment. The traffic in slaves appears to have been more an object in Boston than at any pe
- 27 They were not allowed in numbers greater than three, and then, if not in the service of some white person, were liable to be arrested, and sent to the House of Correction."The slave was the property of his master as much as his ox or his horse; _he had n
- 28 Mr. Adams replied as follows:-- "Now. _En mesure le manner_. The testator intended plainly that his negro should have his liberty and a legacy; therefore the law will presume that he intended his executor should do all that without which he could have ne
- 29 "_Perfecta servitus paenae, non potest jure loc.u.m habere, nisi ex delicto gravi quod ultimum supplicium aliquo modo meretur: quia Libertas ex naturali aestimatione proxime accedit ad vitam ipsam, & eidem a multis praeferri solet._ "Ames. Cas. Confc. L
- 30 [270] Ibid., p. 258.[271] Slavery in Ma.s.s., p. 9.[272] Ma.s.s. Hist Coll., vol. iv. 4th Series, p. 333, _sq._ [273] Mr. Bancroft (Centenary Edition, vol. i. p. 137) says, "The earliest importation of Negro slaves into New England was made in 1637, from
- 31 [309] Ibid.[310] Slavery in Ma.s.s., p. 61.[311] Hildreth, vol. ii. pp. 269, 270.[312] Drake's Boston, p. 574.[313] Spectator, No. 215, Nov. 6, 1711.[314] Slavery in Ma.s.s., p. 64.[315] "In the inventory of the estate of Samuel Morgaridge, who died in
- 32 [354] Sparks's Was.h.i.+ngton, vol iii. p. 288.[355] Ibid., vol. iii. pp. 297, 298.[356] Armistead's A Tribute to the Negro, pp. 460, 461.[357] Dougla.s.s, vol. ii. p. 345, note.[358] Hildreth, vol. ii. p. 426.[359] Pearce _vs._ Lisle, Ambler, 76.[360]
- 33 "Thus, by enacting such a law, in process of time will the blacks become free; or, if the Honorable House of Representatives shall think of a more eligible method, we shall be heartily glad of it. But whether you can justly take away or free a negro from
- 34 "_Provided_ allways that nothing in this act contained shall extend to subject to the Penalties aforesaid the Masters, Mariners, Owners or Freighters of any such Vessel or Vessels, as before the said Tenth Day of April next shall have sailed from any Por
- 35 CHAPTER XVI.THE COLONY OF MARYLAND.1634-1775.MARYLAND UNDER THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 1630.--FIRST LEGISLATION ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN 1637-38.--SLAVERY ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE IN 1663.--THE DISCUSSION OF SLAVERY.--AN ACT Pa.s.sED ENCOURAGING THE IMPOR
- 36 [418] McSherry's Hist. of Maryland, p. 86.[419] Freedom and Bondage, vol. i. p. 249.[420] McMahon's Hist. of Maryland, vol. i. p. 274.[421] The following form was used for a long time in Maryland for binding out a servant.This Indenture _made the ---- d
- 37 "Whereas many persons of this Colony doe for their necessary use purchase negroe seruants, and often times the sayd seruants run away to the great wronge, damage and disapoyntment of their masters and owners, for prevention of which for [221] the future,
- 38 CHAPTER XIX.THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND.1647-1775.COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN RHODE ISLAND, MAY, 1647.--AN ACT Pa.s.sED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN 1652, BUT WAS NEVER ENFORCED.--AN ACT SPECIFYING WHAT TIMES INDIAN AND NEGRO SLAVES SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN THE STREETS.--
- 39 So in nine years there had been no Negro slaves imported into the colony; that in 1696 fourteen had been sold to the colonists for between thirty pounds and thirty-five pounds apiece; that this was the only time a vessel direct from the coast of Africa ha
- 40 "Be it enacted by the General a.s.sembly of this colony, and by the authority of the same it is enacted, that no mulatto or negro slave, shall be hereafter manumitted, discharged or set free, or at liberty, until sufficient security be given to the town
- 41 [469] Ibid., vol. iv. p. 471.[470] Ibid., vol. iv. pp. 415, 416.[471] R.I. Col. Recs., vol. v. pp. 72, 73.[472] R.I. Col. Recs., vol vi. pp. 64, 65.[473] R.I. Col. Recs., vol. vii. pp. 251, 252.[474] American Annals, vol ii. pp. 107,155, 156, 184, and 265
- 42 The above section was re-enacted into another law, containing forty-three sections, pa.s.sed on the 23d of February, 1722. Virginia declared that children should follow the condition of their mothers, but never pa.s.sed a law in any respect like unto this
- 43 THE GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF NORTH CAROLINA FAVORABLE TO THE SLAVE TRADE.--THE LOCKE CONSt.i.tUTION ADOPTED.--WILLIAM SAYLE COMMISSIONED GOVERNOR.--LEGISLATURE CAREER OF THE COLONY.--THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND INTO THE COLONY.-
- 44 The instructions against the importation of slaves were in harmony with the feelings of the great majority of the people. They felt that slavery would be a hinderance rather than a help to them, and in the selection of servants chose white ones. If the cu
- 45 The home government thought it wise to build up Georgia out of white men, who could develop its resources, and bear arms in defence of British possessions along an extensive border exposed to a pestiferous foe. But the Board of Trade soon found this an im
- 46 "21. _Resolved_, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that this and the other a.s.sociating colonies should break off all trade, intercourse, and dealings with that colony, province, or town, which shall decline, or refuse to agree to, the plan which
- 47 "_Agreed_ that they be rejected altogether"In his General Orders, issued from headquarters on the 12th of November, 1775, Was.h.i.+ngton said,-- "Neither negroes, boys unable to bear arms, nor old men unfit to endure the fatigues of the campaign, are t
- 48 To the evidence already produced as to the indiscriminate employment of Negroes as soldiers in the American army, the observations of a foreign officer are added. Under date of the 23d of October, 1777, a Hessian officer wrote:[544]-- "From here to Sprin
- 49 "PROTEST AGAINST ENLISTING SLAVES TO SERVE IN THE ARMY."We, the subscribers, beg leave to dissent from the vote of the lower house, ordering a regiment of negroes to be raised for the Continental service, for the following reasons, viz.: "1st. Because,
- 50 "The policy of our arming slaves is in my opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set the example. For, should we begin to form battalions of them, I have not the smallest doubt, if the war is to be prosecuted, of their following us in it, and justifying
- 51 Upon his return to America, Col. Laurens again espoused his favorite and cherished plan of securing black levies for the South. But surrounded and hindered by the enemies of the country he so dearly loved, and for the honor and preservation of which he gl
- 52 [543] Force's American Archives, 5th Series, vol. i p. 486.[544] During a few months of study in New-York City, I came across the above in the library of the N.Y. Hist. Soc.[545] Schloezer's Briefwechsel, vol. iv. p. 365.[546] An Historical Research (Li
- 53 Significant indeed that a Negro was the first to open the hostilities between Great Britain and the colonies,--the first to pour out his blood as a precious libation on the altar of a people's rights; and that here, at Bunker Hill, when the crimson and f
- 54 The Continental Congress, Nov. 25, 1775, pa.s.sed a resolution recommending the several colonial legislatures to establish courts that should give jurisdiction to courts, already in existence, to dispose of "cases of capture." In fact, and probably in l
- 55 "_By Order of the Board_."In accordance with the order of the Legislature, made on the 24th of June, the president of the Board of War, Samuel P. Savage, wrote a letter to the Ma.s.sachusetts delegates in Congress, dated "War Office June 29th 1779," c
- 56 "I enclose a copy of an order, which I have given out to prevent the carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants."[607]It is clear, that notwithstanding the Act of the Ma.s.sachusetts Legislature, and in the face of the law o
- 57 [605] Works of Hamilton, vol. vii. p. 191.[606] Sparks's Was.h.i.+ngton, vol. viii. pp. 431,432.[607] Sparks's Was.h.i.+ngton, vol. viii, Appendix, p. 544.[608] U.S. Statutes at large, vol. viii, pp. 54, 57.[609] Ibid., pp. 80, 83.[610] U.S. Statutes at
- 58 He was careful in the little affairs of life as well as in the great matters. He kept record of all his business transactions, literary and domestic. The following extracts from his Account Book exhibit his love for detail."'Sold on the 2nd of April, 17
- 59 "SIR,--I thank you sincerely for your letter of the 19th instant, and for the almanac it contained. n.o.body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that Nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors o
- 60 No one gave heed. Two months later, Nov. 14, there appeared in "The Independent Chronicle" of Boston a plan for gradual emanc.i.p.ation; and on the 28th of the same month, in the same paper there appeared a communication demanding specific and i
- 61 "_To be_ SOLD, very Cheap, for no other Reason than for want of Employ, an exceeding Active NEGRO BOY, aged fifteen.Also, a likely NEGRO GIRL, aged seventeen."From "The Continental Journal," Aug. 17, 1780:-- "_To be_ SOLD, a likel
- 62 In 1778 Virginia pa.s.sed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves, and in 1782 repealed the law that confined the power of emanc.i.p.ating to the Legislature, only on account of meritorious conduct. Private emanc.i.p.ations became very numerous, and t
- 63 "Mr. SHERMAN observed, that that clause had been agreed to, and therefore could not be committed."Mr. RANDOLPH was for committing, in order that some middle ground might, if possible, be found. He could never agree to the clause as it stands. He
- 64 It is with peculiar satisfaction we a.s.sure, the friends of humanity, that, in prosecuting the design of our a.s.sociation, our endeavors have proved successful, far beyond our most sanguine expectations."Encouraged by this success, and by the daily
- 65 In 1797 Congress again found themselves confronted by the dark problem of slavery, that would not down at their bidding. The Yearly Meeting of the Quakers of Philadelphia sent a memorial to Congress, complaining that about one hundred and thirty-four Negr
- 66 It is also apparent from the architecture, and other historical evidences of their character, that dark or black races, with more or less of the Negro physiognomy, were in the earliest period of their known history cultivated and intelligent, having kingd
- 67 _Cyrene_--(Acts xi. 20.) A province and city of Libya. There was anciently a Phoenician colony called Cyrenaica, or "Libya, about Cyrene." (Acts ii. 10.)._Cyrene_--A country west of Egypt, and the birthplace of Callimachus the poet, Eratosthenes
- 68 So rapid a success elated his heart to a prodigious degree, and, as Herodotus informs us, swelled him with so much pride and infatuation, that he boasted it was not in the power of the G.o.ds themselves to dethrone him; so great was the idea he had formed
- 69 [648] Asiatic Researches, vol. iii. pp. 4, 5.[649] Twenty fifth Annual Report, United Brethren, 1881.Part II _SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES._ CHAPTER XV.CONDITION OF SLAVES IN Ma.s.sACHUSETTS.The following memorandum in Judge Sewall's letter book was calle
- 70 History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880.by George Was.h.i.+ngton Williams.VOLUME II.1800 TO 1880.NOTE.This second volume brings the HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA from 1800 down to 1880. It consists of six parts and twenty-nine chapte
- 71 Thus amended, the bill was ordered to be engrossed, and on the 2d of March--the last day but one of the session--was read a third time and pa.s.sed. It was returned to the House, where the amendments were read, when Mr. Tallmadge moved that the bill be in
- 72 When the war-clouds gathered in 1812, there was no time wasted in discussing whether it would be prudent to arm the Negro, nor was there a doubt expressed as to his valor. His brilliant achievements in the war of the Revolution, his power of endurance, an
- 73 The following testimony to the bravery of Colored sailors is of the highest character."EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM NATHANIEL SHALER, COMMANDER OF THE PRIVATE-ARMED SCHOONER 'GOV. TOMPKINS,' TO HIS AGENT IN NEW YORK, DATED-- "AT SEA, Jan.
- 74 Statesmen like Franklin, Rush, Hamilton, and Jay; divines like Hopkins, Edwards, and Stiles; philanthropists like Woolman, Lay, and Benezet! And the good Quakers--G.o.d bless them!--or _Friends_, which has so much tender meaning in it, did much to hasten
- 75 Among the leaders of the HETERODOX ANTI-SLAVERY PARTY--those who attacked the reticency, silent acquiescence, or act of support the Church gave slavery,--were Parker Pillsbury, James G. Birney, Stephen S. Foster, and Samuel Brooke. The platform of this pa
- 76 It ill.u.s.trated the power of the Gospel of Love, the gentleness of Negro character, and the powers and possibilities of the race. It was G.o.d's message to a people who had refused to listen to his anti-slavery prophets and priests; and its sad, we
- 77 "They would further recommend, that the Declaration of Independence and the Const.i.tution of the United Stales be read in our Conventions; believing, that the truths contained in the former are incontrovertible, and that the latter guarantees in let
- 78 "The Convention has viewed the plan with considerable interest, and, after mature deliberation, on a candid investigation, feels strictly justified in recommending the same to the liberal patronage of our brethren, and respectfully solicits the aid o
- 79 "Your Committee would now approach the present Convention and examine the resolution under consideration, beginning with the first interrogatory, viz.: Is it proper for the Free people of color in this country, under existing circ.u.mstances, to remo
- 80 Suffer the wrongs which wring our inmost heart, To draw one throb of pity on thy part?Our Skins may differ, but from thee we claim A sister's privilege and a sister's name."Every barrier was now broken down inside of anti-slavery organizati
- 81 "He is a complete fanatic, or plays his part most admirably. On other subjects he possesses an uncommon share of intelligence, with a mind capable of attaining any thing, but warped and perverted by the influence of early impressions. He is below the
- 82 CENSUS OF 1840.--SLAVE POPULATION.Alabama 253,532 Arkansas 19,935 District of Columbia 4,694 Delaware 2,605 Florida 25,717 Georgia 280,944 Illinois 331 Kentucky 182,258 Louisiana 168,452 Maryland 89,737 Mississippi 195,211 Missouri 58,240 New Jersey 674 N
- 83 "The legal effect of this bill, if pa.s.sed, was neither to legislate slavery into nor out of these territories, but to leave the people to do as they pleased. And why should any man, North or South, object to this principle? It was by the operation
- 84 "At the time mentioned in the plaintiff's declaration, the defendant, claiming to be owner as aforesaid, laid his hands upon said plaintiff, Harriet, Eliza, and Lizzie, and imprisoned them, doing in this respect, however, no more than what he mi
- 85 "Art. xii., Sec. 1. The militia shall consist of all able-bodied white male persons, between, etc."Art. xiii., Sec. 1. No negro or mulatto shall come into, or settle in the State after the adoption of this Const.i.tution."Sec. 2. All contra
- 86 "PERO RUSSELL, [his x mark.]"PERO COGGESHALL."Dated at Dartmouth, the 10th of February, 1780."Memorandum in the handwriting of John Cuffe: "This is the copy of the pet.i.tion which we did deliver unto the Honorable Council and Hou
- 87 _Philadelphia_--Polly Boadley, James Long, Hannah Murray, Jeremiah Green, Nancy Principeso, David Johnson, George Jackson William Coak, Moses Long._Maryland_--Nancy Gust._Baltimore_--John Clark, Sally Johnson._Virginia_--Sally Hacker, Richard and John Joh
- 88 In 1850 Samuel T. Wilc.o.x decided to embark in some business venture in Cincinnati. Accordingly he built a store on the northeast corner of Broadway and Fifth streets. He at once occupied it as a grocer. In those days fancy groceries were not kept. But M
- 89 ALABAMA had an act in 1832 which declared that "Any person or persons who shall attempt to teach any free person of color or slave to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than $250, nor more
- 90 "The pupils were called together and I was requested to announce to them our decision. Never before had I felt so deeply sensible of the cruelty of the persecution which had been carried on for eighteen months in that New England village, against a f
- 91 NEW YORK had the courage and patriotism, in 1777, to extend the right of suffrage to every male inhabitant of full age. But by the revised const.i.tution, in 1821, this liberal provision was abridged so that "no man of color, unless he shall have bee
- 92 Instruction was free to the poor; but those who were able to pay were required to do so "at the rate of 10s. a quarter for those who write, and 7s. 6d. for others."In 1784, William Waring was placed in charge of the larger children, at a salary
- 93 "SCIPIO BEENS, } "N. B.--An evening school will commence on the premises on the first Monday of October, and continue throughout the season."[Symbol: Right pointing hand.] The managers of Sunday-schools in the eastern district are thus most
- 94 While Martha Costin was teaching, James Enoch Ambush, a Colored man, had also a large school in the bas.e.m.e.nt of the Israel Bethel Church, on Capitol Hill, for a while, commencing there in April, 1833, and continuing in various places till 1843, when h
- 95 was opened about 1854, in the building in which Middleton first taught, on I, near Twenty-second Street. Mr. Fletcher was an Englishman, a well-educated gentleman, and a thorough teacher. He was induced to open the school by the importunities of some aspi
- 96 "In the words of an eminent writer[68]: 'A common spirit made these two men recognize each other at first sight; and the power of both lay in that inability to weigh difficulties against duty, that instant step of thought to deed, which makes in
- 97 [66] This was in the last days of 1856.[67] The committee also authorized him to draw on their treasurer, Patrick L. Jackson, for $500.[68] Samuel Johnson, the accomplished Oriental scholar and devoted friend of the slave.[69] The italics are his.[70] The
- 98 ALABAMA.--R. W. Walker, R. H. Smith, J. L. M. Curry, W. P.Chilton, S. F. Hale Colon, J. McRae, John Gill Shorter, David P.Lewis, Thomas Fearn.FLORIDA.--James B. Owens, J. Patten Anderson, Jackson Morton (not present).GEORGIA.--Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb,
- 99 "In regard to the other question, of whether I am pledged to the admission of any more slave States into the Union, I state to you very frankly that I would be exceedingly sorry ever to be put in a position of having to pa.s.s upon that question. I s
- 100 Judah's headquarters and got a written order addressed to me, describing the lad and ordering me to deliver the boy. This order was delivered to me by Col. Sterling, of Gen. Judah's staff, in person. I refused to obey it. I sent word to Gen. Jud