Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19
BRANDON, DECEMBER ., 1885

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below the standing of their very slaves.
and the consequence is that. under the now
existing state of things, we, the free people
of color, are denuded of all privileges
marking the attributes of man." He
says be might go on to detail the wrongs
to which the free people of color were
subjected under color of law-but that his
"heart sickens at the review" That ain
this state of feeling ever present with him,
he had been written to again and again to
go to LIBERIA and be had finally made
up his mind to do so-that his mind re-
manned unchanged in regard to the Co.
ionlzation scheme-that he thought no
better of 1t than before-that he was re-
solved to go some s1here, as he thought the
time would come when the free coIored
paople A." aoould be compelled to teaUe their
country."
The inquiry will be made by many,
Who IS Louis Sheridan? The first
knowledge the undersigned had of him
was, his presenting letter of introduce
ton, Aug. &c, 1884, to Arthur Tappan
& Co., from Hon. John Owen, ex-govern-
or of North Carolina, written not long af-
ter the mobs In this city, stating that Mr..
/ Sheridan was a citizen of Elizabethtown,
Bladen County, N. c., we'll kaown to
him, as worthy and intelligent mer-
chant, worth about ten thousand dollars,
and responsible for all the contracts he
might make. Agreeably to Mr.. Owens
request, Mr.. Sheridan was introduced to
several merchants in this city, and pur-
I chased, on credit. about twelve thousand
dollars worth of goods, which, it is believ-
| ed, he paid for with honorable fidelity
He was well known to Thomas l.. Cal
lender, Esq. merchant of this city, and to
I Messrs. E. L. & w. Winslow, of FAY
etteville, N. c., and to many other re-
: spectacle persons in Philadelphia and
New York. +.
j The character of Mr.. Sheridan can be
: further ascertained byreference to the Re-
ports of the Colonization Societies. In
the XXI Annual Report of "the Ameri
can Society for Colonizing the Free PEG
e pie Of Color ofthe United Sta!es," it is re-
: marked that "the Managers stated in thei
}, last Report, that the. Brig Rondout hac
5 been chartered by the Society to convey
u a select company of emigrants from viii
IS mington, N. c., to Liberia Unfortunate
= ly this vessel did not afford the accommo
e dations expected; and Louis Sheridan, {;
II free man of color of great responsibility
s and an interesting company of his rela
tives and friends, who had made arrange
= ments to embark in her, postponed thei
/, departure 10 more favorable opportuni
d ty." "These united Societies,
" Qhe joint Societies of New York an
a Pennsylvania have just despatched a
Re expedition with very promising compa
/ ny OF free persons Of color from Mort
n Carolina, among whom are Louis Shari
he dan and his relations. mentioned in tn
IN early part of this Report" In the V
n, Annual Report of the " Colonization S,
OF cTety of the City of New York." D. 10,
is stated that sin December, an exped
nc ton, consisting of eighty-four colonis:s,
large proportion of them emancipated f
as the purpose O. colonizinp. left Wilmin
ei' ton, N. G. in the barqne Marine. ofwho
Ia embarkation Mr.. Buchanan, agent of Il
r. Pennsylvania Society," who attended I
m the occasion, gives the following accou
sly In his report to the boards 'Genlleme
It's, have the honor to inform you, that
ay obedience to your direction, | proceed
on to Wilmington, N. c. where arrived
his the Goth Nov. and Immediately CONNER
nts ed arrangements for fitting out an expe
ase ton for your colony at Bassa Cove /
ray ter giving an interesting statement of
his promptitude with which the master in n
nc ny instances emancipated his slaves, a
It It the liberality with which he furnish
red provisions for the voyage; and also
ter; eagerness with which the men of co
ier- seized the opportunity of going to the l.
his of liberty, Mr. Buchanan concludes
be report with the following character
and Louis Sheridan. colored man, who W
and as an emf grant with the expedition. Il
! on Louis Sheridan, who is already person
lsh, ly known as the leader, may say, the
o. Their of this expedition, is in my opr
/. every way worthy of your confder
wing and eminently qualified for great use
ldan ness in Africa. For energy of mind, Fl
ssed ness of purpose, and variety ofknowlet
ork, he has no superior. He is emphatic
dan, a selfmade man, who has fought his
ring through adverse and depressing circ
LII stances, to an eminence seldom, ifeve
ngei tanned by any of his color in this couu
told He has for wears been ENGAGED in an
the tensive and successful business, AM
nbag worth fifteen or twenty thousand dol
peo- Throughout his native State he is he
SONS, ed and esteemed by all who know
your and ne leaves this country with the
"a TO wishes of every class of the commu
$50 to 1t may be asked, why such man,
slaves an ample fortune. influential friends
lpate. well established reputation, should
have to emigrate? It is. because with al
d;oa;.,,o, .al,n.. / = :. .L;c