Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-08-08
For THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.

For THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
ne Following traniaaion well dcfervee
2sohc notice Between sen and ,,-.lv.
weeks Ego, William Dunlap, cs NswcaCl}e
county, IN the Rate OF Delawsrs. wan,.I ~
iell negro woman. who was p,sgosnt. and
VINO mad abon' FIX years Of her time TO iervc.
She was bought by one William REYNOLDS.
who carried her to the houie ofone William,
wright, honie where black people are of.
zen co1hned, when there is a feiqn or c,r-
ryi"g them out OF THAI fate. This bonf.
nands within two miles Of the inc ,erwes,
Delaware and Maryland. Ater having
twice made her efcape from thef- villains ,bs
woman with many circumstance Of violence
a'd oarharilY, was fnslly carried out Of the
"s'e OF Delaware in the dead Of mint. a
long with another black woman. who had
been honght, and waa COW hurried of in the
tame ciandettine manner They were both
iold, at the line, to one William Carter who
Is well known in this city by that name. bu,
who Pailcs IN the Rate of Delaware bv the
name of William Lynch. The iscond of
theie two women had ten years 20 Esrve The
deign was to bring hem TO the Gate of Yir.
glnia. Their time had beSu boup ht for an
hundred and ixty dollars and if they had
been Told for life, in this Fate, lhey would
probably have brought tx bundled dollars.
Such was the propoled Ejaculation Of the in
enious Mr.; WILLIAm LYNCH CARrsR.
The women we { kept in irons all night. s.
let loa!e every morning They wee fra
brought to Rockhall upon the Sufouehan-
nah and from thence to Annapolis, aud then
O Richmond,
Upon their srriva! in this e,,y, the prifon.
ers were fold by Carter to MIR FuIcher. a
butcher, who Immediately enquired of the
elder of the two, in what manner Carter had
got them On hearing the above part;cu
ars, MIR Falcher declared hat be would have
no hing more TO do with them, On ,b;s
Garter carried them to Rephael's tavern de.
clarng that if they told any more tales, he
would cut them TO pieces but that If they
would look pert when any body came 20 buv
hen he would give each of them--1 doYgr !
Carter having left the women at Mr. Ra-
PhsePc, went in quell of another pnrchs(er.
In the mean time, iome people At tbs tavern
periuaded the women to apply to rnaaif
tra'e, They found our Mr Iohn Fofsr =.
al the fame Infant that they met him, Car
ter chan e to come up. He was unabIe 10
give satisfactory account Of his tide 90
hemi and thSy we'e committed to prifon,
i'll an explanation could be obtained. Let.
ters were wro,e up to the fate of Delaware
and rhe suiwer proved that The aory told by
the women was true to the lar nttie.
Carter, finding how matters were likely
to go. difsppeared. The women are now
lodged in mr Role's houfe, and it ia exuea
ed that they will Coon be declared entirely
free.
About the fame time, that the above wo.
men were kidnapped, free blsck man Of
the name Of Cato, who was working az the
above William Wrighl's in Deaware rate,
was f;;zed by the above bandt;. He was
conveyed TO Richmond. and lolG at MIR Ra.
phaeI's 20 perlon in Petersburg for thirty.
three barrels Of foar. We uuderRand that
The man ha5 ilnce been in Richmond, in the
fervice of his new mater aud tha, Mr..
Potter, whole ACTIVITY and humanity have
been contpicuous in the cafe Of the women,
IS making lone eoquiries about him.
If it !, criminal TO i(ea! a horGe, how muck
greater is the villaiuy of fealiag a fellow
creature, Of ltesling woman, and a woman
in Rate Of pregnancy Il muG be an OBJ
ieet ofregret, It fuch mifcreaa,s caunot be
brought to the gsilovs. We have already
long and black enough feore TO snfwer ior
on account of Atrics. Let us not wan
tonly make 1t longer.
Richmond Jail, Augu} 7, 1900.
q TIE Wilmington Mirto5 Is re-
9a9fsd TO reprint mis- article.