The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-12-14
VOLUME 4.
EgIzIlS VOICE OF LFIaIAE DOMIo
From the Washington Globe.
&c $7OO Reward.

From the Washington Globe.
g 500 Reward.
Ran away from the subcriber living one and
half miles south of Leesburg, Loudon county,
VIRGINIA, on the ncht Of the 26th of Oct, SEW
EN- SLAVES, a woman and six children; the
woman, Patty, rather bright mulatto. about IS
years OF age, rather under the middle size, with
her upper front teeth out, full mouth, and high
cheek bones; her eldest daughter named Sophia,
and calls herself Sophia Purcell, about sixteen
years old bright mulatto and very likely; the
next boy about twelve years OF age, calls him
self Tho's Douglass, with large front teeth, very
sprightly mulatto; the next oldest calls himself
Charles Douglass, about ten years old, bright
mulatto, very likely, and stammers IN his speech )
the next Oldest named Maria Douglass, about
eight years DID, rather lighter colored than the rest
full mouthed and likely; the next Oldest named
Vincent Douglass, about six years DID, rather dark
er than the older ones; the next named Agnes
Douglass, about three years old, and rather the
blacklist of any of them. The above slaves We're
carried off bv free man who calls himself Vim
cent Douglass and who is the father of most of the
children, tolerably black, about forty years old,
\ five feet eight inches high, stout made, quite In
telHcent and free spoken, and who has been track
ed to the District of Columbia, and most likely is
making to the North, or may be lurking about the
District seeking an opportunity, and whohas some
money. The above reward shall be given if they
are taken in Pennsylvania, and $500 ifthey are
all taken in Maryland or the District, and $500
if taken in Virginia, and secured so that | get
them, or in proportion for any, or 500 for Vim
cent Douglass, he can be convicted of theft -
and it is quite probable that the woman has forged
free papers They are travelling in hack or
carryall, as much concealed as possible.
. JOSEPH MEAD"
WI L.. lo,uo "a osorra g Toeenh Mead of ,ees.
burg, Loudon county," that we make no charge
whatever for the above insertion. We are duly
IMPRESSED with the enormity of the outrage oil
which it gives the details and we wish 10 let even
the abolitionsts know, what disastrous consequent
ees are resulting from their movements. This r.
respective of color doctrine of theirs is playing the
mischief with the institutions" of our country
The free colored man in the North is becoming
"saucy" enough to claim his rights, as man and
a citizen and in the slave states, he has the au-
dacitv 10 steal his own wife, and his six children,
from their lawful owner Let abohtionsts think
ofthis result of their laborS What other fruit
could they expect to grow from their doctrine of
"doing right, regardless of consequences"
We think this is a peculiarly hard case. We
have been accused Of unkndness and severity to-
wards shareholders heretofore, but this bereavement
Of Joseph Mead, touches our sensibiitles. lie is
Pennsylvania by birth-the son ofhonest Quaker
parents, in one of the green vaes oil our Alega-
MES where he used to wear plain coat" and SIT
in "monthly meeting" He went down South,
and there became one of our southern brethren"
and slavery became entailed" upon him. Now
this slaveholding is one thing for native V-gni-
an. who has from his youth up been taught to be-
lieve that raising slaves for the South and South
) West is the great end and aim of life; and quite
( another thing, for man who has just slipped out
4 Of his Quaker coat and who still retains dim re-
Rcollec,ion of the good old testimony" OF Friends
about this human merchandise business.
Joseph, we may naturally suppose must have
had n sore trial in accommodating himself to his
VOCATION And it is particularly aggravang,
that lust at this time when he got the better oil
his Pennsylvania conscience, and laid the ghost
of all his Quakerly reminiscences,-lust as he was
e beginning to fancy himself veritabe Patriarch
h. wilh servants born in his house"-and just when
hesbad BEGUN TO tell his northern visitors how his
slaves got "entaed" upon him, aud how he
would like to "get ridyof them," and how " they
wouldn't take their freedom if it was offered them
- he finds himself deserted by whoIs family
~ mother and six children not stealing away one
. bv one as if ashamed of their ingrattude, but RI
- Mpody, as if they were doing mos
- in the world. It is sad affair al
Beel that one has sold himself % the
aesant lnatteY; but 20 mourn oyel
rchase money is still worse l.
gcament Of our quondam Frlend
ssrly af1cts u.s. He had it seems Jus
Fed n, "taking air account OF STOCK
AreS, y services of professional
KY ODDITIES 10 set value upoi
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Charles n 500
Mars - ( 900
> Vi6cente 255