The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-23

shall not them rambling the ends Of the earth endu
ring hunger cold and nakedness, and facing all
of dangers get into other conditionhey hard
y know what. How is it with regard to the slaves! Let
the following ''pink of slavery answer:
The tender care and protection of the master elicit
atecttonate attachment from the slave which will be
looked for in vain from the hired servant of North
ern cline. Charleston Courier.
From the Mobile Morn Chronicle, June 8, 1888.
WMM DOLLARS REWARD-Runaway, negro
n WV man named JOINSON;-he has a GOOD
MANY MARKS of the WHIP d his back: he conf
ned in jail last summer; lay over in Jail six MONTHS with
in ten miles of his master, but aooud not tell his name.
CORNELIUS ID. TOBIN
From the Vcksburg Register, June Is, 1885,
SDA DOLLARS REWARD-Runaway, a man ma
%U med HAMBLETON, limps in his left foot, where
he had been SHOT but a few weeks ago, WHILE RUN
MING AWAY. THOMAS HUDNALL
From the Whining ton IN. c. Adv, June 1. 1888.
MD UNAWAY, my negro man RICHARD. A reward
H. q of 1926 will be paid for his apprehension, DEAD
OR ALIVE Satisfactory proof will only be required of
his being KILLED He has with him, in all probability
his wife ELIZA, who away from Col. Thompson,
resident of Alabama, about the time he commenced his
journey to that State. DURANT II. RHODES.
NO COLOR ExEMPTs FROM SLAVERY.
From the New-Orleans Bee, ICJ"July A, 1887.
nETAINED in Jail MARIA, pretending herself FREE,
~ round face, CLEAR WHITE complexion. The
OWNER of said SLAVE, &c.
These facts, and like them, cooly spread
out in Southern newspapers What awful comment
they upon the institution of slavery,-an institution
which is tolerated in this Gland Of the Free and home Of
the oppressed" Of all nations No one after reading the
above, say with the least show proprie, that the
slaves are happy coNrENrED. 1t is libel upon HUI
nature affirm that man, immortal MAN, Sin whose
bosom burns the quenchless fires" of eternal @ can be
,cing to be slave 1t is not until slavery has done its
work of death, and the is destroyed that the system
becomes tolerable.
THEY CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
'In statement published by the guardians of the poor
of the city and county of Philadelphia for 1885, appears
that out of $40 outdoor poor relieved during the year,
y % persons of COLOR being but FIVE colored
ry hundred white inhabitants thus provided for and that
the coored paupers admitted into the amshouse for the
PERIOD did not exceed that proportion while their
ratio of the whole population of the city and suburbs
ceeds 8 Ia per cent,
'h appears that within the district, the colored
people paid in taxes not less than $780, while the
expended to relieve them from the public funds rarely if
ever, SzUUU year-thus only supporting their
own, but contributing to the support of the white
"The amount of rents which they pay to the owners of
property is found to exceed $780, 900 annually They
have private considerable amount aso eleven
or twelve places of worship, owned by themselves They
have Bble tract and temperance societies. schools,
female literary institution and benefcent associations in
large numbers. AS many four FIVE hundred people
of color in the city and suburbs follow mechanical employ
ments This statistical proves that although
of this people be too regardless of their moral stan
ding there is large number who do appreciate the i'm
porance of education and have already realized many of
its advantages. proves not only that they bur-
den upon the white population but that they contribute to
the maintenance of others 1t shows that they possess
spirit of independence which leads personal exeon for
their emolument and improvement; and they
free from the obstacles which surround them il would be
fair to conclude that many would vie with their white
neighbors in the refnements of civilized life."
have other facts wish to communicate on this sub
ect but they reserved for another communication
G. BECKLEY.
Northfeld Feb IL, 1899