Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-10
Negro Plot at Charleston.
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.ntSEO MUTT
Peter Poyas was the first man who
spoke to me, and asked me to Join. |
asked him what, the church? He said
no; have you not heard that the blacks
were joining, to try and take the coun-
try. | asked him if he thought he had
men enough to do it? He said yes,
plenty of men and the society will con"
tribute money, with which white man
would parehas. guns end powder tor
them. He said he would call back,
and must consider if | would join
them. He called back, and asked me
If was willing now? Why Feter, said
i, you have not got force enough. He
said il | did not join, he would turn all
my country people against me. Saidl
if so, I'll join you, bat you must not
put my name down, when you come
out. if find you strong enough, I'll
Join you We'll, said he, if you don't
Join you'll be killed. Peter and Harry
Haig called on me afterwards, and
was not at home: but the next morning
met Harry, who asked me for my
name. refused it. He said 4 would
be Killed if | did not join. ! said /,
would join when they came out, they
were stronger than the whites. Harry
called on me again: and asked me it
was willing that the thing would break
out soon. asked him where they
would begin? He said in Boundary.
street. At what hour? He said at IL
O'Clock at night, or early in the morn
ing, as soon as the guard is discharged
Jack Pritchard called on me, he is
sometimes called Gullah Jack, some-
times Coulter Jack, ha gave me some
dry food, consisting of parched corn 8
ground nuts, and said eat that, and no.
thing else, on the morning when 1t
breaks out, and when you join as as we
pass, put into your mouth this crab.
claw, aud you esn't be wounded, and
said he, will give the same to the rest
of my troops-if you drop the large
orab.claw, out of your mouth, then put
In the small one, Said ], when do you
break out, and have you arms. He said
plenty. but they are: over Boundary-Rt.
we can't get at them now. but as soon
as the patrol was slack they could get
at them; this was previous to the 10th
June. on which day, he said. they were
to break out. On that day he came to
me, and said, they could not break out
that night, ss the patrol was too strong;
he said, he would let me know when
they were ready. Thst Sunday fort
night. the 30th of june, he came to me
and said, | must lay by still. they would
not break out then, that he had been
round to all his company and found
them towards. / said, thank God,
then! He said. give me back my corn
and cullah, Chat is, crab claw.] said,
/ would not, and upbraided him for ha>
wing deluded so many. He said all his
country born promised him to join.
because he was Doctor THAT is 8 con-
Juror He said, the white people was
looking for him, and was afraid of be-
ing taken, that two men came to his
masters wharf, and asked him, if he
knew Gullah jack; and he said, no.
He said, his charms would not protect
him from the treachery of his own Coz
4Or- E1C HChb away, uuu h"'C Aos
seen him since. Harry Haig has since
seen me several times, aud told me to
hold myself ready, said, Pm ready
when called on. He said, all the dray-
men came to his masters cooper yard,
and said they were ready, but he told
them, he was only waiting for Gallah
Jack.
He said, he would tell nae wheR they
we're ready; that they were only watt
ing for the head man. who was white;
but he, altho' asked, would neither tell
me the white mans name, nor where
the powder and arms were. This was
last Tuesday, the very day the six ne
groes were hanged, about six O'Clock,
NJ; this was the last time we spoke,
though have seen him since. | saw
Charles Drayton before the 10th, at
Monday Cells, was going to market,
and Charles called to me as crossed
the street; Joe, who has a wife at Mr..
Remoussin's, asked me, if did know
that Monday was at the head of the Edo
Company, who are going to fight the
white people; Monday is an Ebo. 1
asked Joe, if he was one of that COM
pany. He said yes, he was. Iasked
him, what he could do, as he was an in
valid. He said, ,he would take Remeus-
sinss sword and gun, and tell him to lay
down in his bed and be quiet. We
parted. Previous to the 10th Of June,
Monday Cell called me into his shop,