Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-05

running away.
On a plantation in North Carolina,
where | was visiting, | happened one day
IN my rambles, to step into negro cabin
my compassion was instantly called forth
by the object which presented ITSELF A
slave, whose head was white with age,
was lying in one corner of the howell; he
had under his head few filthy rags. but
the boards were his only bed j; it was the
depth of winter. and the wind whistled
through every part of the d;lapidated
building-he opened his languid eyes
when | spoke, and in reply to my ques-
ton, <-What is the matter p he said, s T.
am dying Of a cancer in my side As
he removed the rags which covered the
sore, found that it extended halfround
the body, and was shockingly neglected.
[ inquired if he had any nurse. mo,
missey,' was his answer, sbut de people
(the slaves) very kind to me, dey often
steal time to run and see me and fetch me
some ting to eat; if they did not, might
starve' The master and mistress of this
man, who had been worn out in their
service, were remarkable for their intelli-
gence, and their hospitality knew no
bounds towards those who were of their
own grade ia society the master had for
some time held the highest military Office
in North Carolina, and not long previous
to the time of which speak was the gov
ernor of the State.
On a plantation in South Carolina, /
witnessed similar case of suffering an
aged woman suffering under an incurabIe
disease in the same miserab!y neglected
situation. The 'owner' of this slave was
proverbially kind to her negroes; so
much so, that the planters in the nei gh-
borhood said she spoiled them, and set a
bad example which might produce discon-
tent among the surrounding slaves; yet |
have seen this woman tremble with rage,
when her slaves displeased her, and heard
her use language to them which could on
ly be expected from an inmate Of Bride
well ;; and have known her in gust OF
passion send favo-ite slave to the work.
house to be whipped.
Another fact occurs to me. A young
woman about eighteen stated some cir
cumstances relative to her young master,
which were thought derogatory to his
character; whether true or false, am
unable to say; she was threatened with
punishment, but persisted ia affirming
that she had only spoken the truth
Finding her incorrigible, it was conclud-
ed to send her to the Charleston work
house and have her whipt; she pleaded
! in vain for Communication of her sentence
not so much because she dreaded the &C
tual suffering, as because her delicate
mind shrunk from the shocking exposure
of her person to the eyes of brutal and Ii
centious men she declared to rue tina
death would be preferable but her en-
treaties were in vain, and as there was M
means of escaping but by running away
she resorted TO it as desperate remedy
for her timid nature never could hav,
braved the periis necessarily encountered
by fugitive slaves, had not her mind beer
thrown into state of despair. She wa
unprecedented after a few weeks, by tw,
slave-catchers, in deserted house and
it was late in the evening they conclude,
to spend the night there. What inhumal
treatment she received from them has new
er been revealed. They tied her witt
) cords 70 their bodies, and supposing the,
had secured their victim, soon fell into
deep sleep probably rendered more pro
found by intoxication and fatigue; but th
,, miserable captive slumbered not; b,
some means she disengaged herself fror
; her bonds, and again fled through tn
. lone wilderness. After few days SD
was discovered in wretched hut, whic
seemed to have been long uninhabiled ;
: she was speechless; raging fever cor
sumed her vitals, and when physical
; saw her, he said she was dying of di;
: ease brought on by over fatigue; ht
mother was permitted to visit her, but Ell
q she reached her, the damps of deaf
; stood upon her brow, and she had onl
! the sad consolation of looking on ii
> death-struck form and convulsive agoni,
i of her child.
;. A beloved friend in South Carolin
! the wife of STAKEHOLDER, with whom
= often mingled my tears, when helple
and hopeless we deplored together Il
Z horrors of slavery, related to me sou
years since the tollowin 6 Circumstance.
/ On the plantation adjoining her hu
1t bands, there was slave of pre-emine
n piety. His master was not professor
ID religion, but the superior excellence
is his disciple of Christ was. not unmark'
l. by him, and l believe he was SO sensib
W of the good influence of hispiety that
is did not deprive him of the few rellgio
Sc privileges within his reach. A plant
IS was one day dining with the owner OF Ii
G slave, and 10 the course of conversati'
ct observed, that all professions of religi
Sc among the slaves were mere hypocrl;
es The other asserted contrary oplnlc
NJ aad.n@eI hauo a Slave who / belle